dpt-dch-note(1)

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version 0.88 · 6 versions
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💖 dpt-dch-note(1) 💖

okay bestie, listen — this is dpt-dch-note, a lil helper from the Debian Perl packaging Tools set, and it's literally here to drop notes into your debian/changelog. she's giving "sticky note but make it a changelog entry" ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

dpt-dch-note — add notes/TODO items to debian/changelog

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dpt dch-note [option...] [text]

dpt dch-note --unreleased 'TODO: fill debian/copyright'

dpt dch-note --waits-for libtemplate-perl 1.03 needed for tests

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dpt dch-note is a helper program whose whole job is adding notes to your debian/changelog file. no cap, that's it. and why would you wanna do that?? because notes are lowkey iconic for:

  • keeping track of TODO items bestie 📝
  • signaling to PET that it should ignore new upstream releases 👀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --ignore, --ignore-version — adds an "IGNORE-VERSION: version" comment. this one's for telling PET that this upstream release has zero changes worth an upload. like, for example: changes in META files, or fixes that only touch non-UNIX platforms. it's giving "nothing to see here 💅"
  • --waits package version, --waits-for package version — adds a "WAITS-FOR: package version" comment. use this when uploading your package needs another package to get uploaded first, fr fr. it also tells PET to not show this package as ready for uploading until that required package version is actually sitting in the archive. main character energy requires backup okay 🫶
  • --unreleased — changes the distribution in debian/changelog to "unreleased". this is the "not done yet, do not perceive me" flag 🙈 — it indicates the package needs more work and is not ready for reviewing/uploading.

Copyright: 2009, Ryan Niebur ryan@debian.org

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 💜

and that's the whole vibe, bestie — go forth and annotate those changelogs ✨

this iconic little page comes to you from pkg-perl-tools 0.88, dated 2026-04-01. slay, periodt, mwah 💅💖

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