When committing translations directly to GIT
repositories for Debian packages,
translators must update the debian/changelog file
accordingly.
Each change in Debian packages has to be documented in the
debian/changelog file.
However, this does not apply to level 1 translations, that is the Debian Installer core packages translations. For these translations, no changelog updates are needed by translators.
Below is an excerpt of the changelog file for
base-config:
base-config (2.39) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Updated translations:
- Croatian by Krunoslav Gernhard
-- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> Sat, 24 Jul 2004 08:14:13 +0200
base-config (2.38) unstable; urgency=high
.../...
This gives the following information:
the last released version of the package is 2.38. The GIT repository currently contains the future unpublished 2.39 release;
the only change which occurred since 2.38 is the update of the Croatian translation (made by Krunoslav Gernhard);
the committer of this change was Christian Perrier.
Different Debian packages may use slightly different methods and
styles for changelog maintenance. When working
with GIT repositories, using
UNRELEASED for the last entry is highly recommended
for new unpublished changes.
Using the debchange utility from the
devscripts Debian package for handling
changelog entries maintenance is also highly
recommended..