[22:11] <yurtesen> I have a question about package changelogs is here somebody who can answer it? my question is about the syntax difference betwee Debian and Ubuntu changelogs in imported packages.
[22:12] <tumbleweed> the syntax is the same
[22:12] <yurtesen> Please see the 8th message in this question for the difference: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat9/+question/700934
[22:14] <yurtesen> But also simply you can open a changelog: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/t/tomcat9/tomcat9_9.0.31-1ubuntu0.1/changelog and see the last 2 entries. The last one is an Ubuntu update after Debian import freeze. The 2nd last one is imported from Debian.
[22:16] <tumbleweed> these are different people doing the same work
[22:16] <tumbleweed> essentially duplicated work
[22:16] <tumbleweed> they formatted their changelogs differently
[22:19] <yurtesen> Yes, but Ubuntu SecurityTeam wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/UpdatePreparation#Update_the_packaging  in section 3 has a template.
[22:19] <yurtesen> The person who made the update to Ubuntu package apparently used that template.
[22:19] <yurtesen> My question is, is it a requirement to use that template? or can the changelog be inspired to be more like the original Debian changelog entries?
[22:27] <yurtesen> I am wondering this because I recently created a debdiff. It was importing some security patches from Debian. But I had to re-write the changelog entries to fit the Ubuntu template. It was quite time consuming. It would be nice to know if the "template" at wiki is just some example, or a hard rule to follow?
[22:57] <tumbleweed> that's a question for the security team
[22:57] <tumbleweed> but I'd assume that as long as you include all of the information that the ubuntu template has in it, and it's clear and understandable, that that would be acceptable