[Debian-islamic-commits] [SCM] Debian Islamic policy manual branch, master, updated. cc026115b75a4097b4035d43f27b32078fed0d8c

[أحÙد الÙØ­Ùودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit cc026115b75a4097b4035d43f27b32078fed0d8c
Author: أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) <aelmahmoudy at users.sourceforge.net>
Date:   Mon Jul 20 14:18:09 2009 +0300

    * Add section about debian/changelog maintainence.
    * Comment How to contribute section

diff --git a/debian-islamic-policy.xml b/debian-islamic-policy.xml
index 370ed55..fadc8d6 100644
--- a/debian-islamic-policy.xml
+++ b/debian-islamic-policy.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@
   </sect1>
   <sect1>
     <title>How to Contribute</title>
-    <para>A <ulink url="http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/">list of packages</ulink> has been created using CDD (Custom Debian Distribution). This website contains a long list of software packages in Debian and yet to be packaged. You can help by packaging them in coordination with &DebIslam;.</para>
+    <!-- FIXME add a tasks page somehow -->
+	  <para>FIXME</para>
+    <!-- <para>A <ulink url="http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/">list of packages</ulink> has been created using CDD (Custom Debian Distribution). This website contains a long list of software packages in Debian and yet to be packaged. You can help by packaging them in coordination with &DebIslam;.</para> -->
   </sect1>
   <sect1>
     <title>Becoming a Member</title>
@@ -97,6 +99,23 @@
       <para>If possible, a <filename>debian/watch</filename> file should be added so upstream releases can be tracked automatically.</para>
     </sect2>
     <sect2>
+      <title><filename>debian/changelog</filename></title>
+      <para>We use the debian revision to count our releases to the debian archive, not
+      internal steps. So if and only if you do the first change after a release, you
+      add another debian/changelog entry (dch -i). Note that the name and email
+      address in the debian/changelog entry (i.e. after --) should be present in
+      Uploaders: in debian/control (otherwise lintian will think that you are doing
+      an NMU).</para>
+
+      <para>If you change something that has to be noted in debian/changelog, just add a
+      line to the current entry (dch -a). The [firstname lastname] markers added by
+      dch are okay to give credit to non-upload-permitted contributors.</para>
+
+      <para>When you put "UNRELEASED" in the release field, then this means the package is
+      work in progress. It is not uploaded yet and is not ready to be uploaded, it
+      still needs some work before it is in a state to be released.</para>
+    </sect2>
+    <sect2>
       <title>Examples</title>
       <para>In this section you will find example <filename>debian/control</filename> and <filename>debian/copyright</filename> files that you can use as a template and modify as needed.</para>
       <example>

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