---
name: "dpt-dch-note"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pkg-perl-tools"
version: "0.82"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dpt-dch-note"
---

# dpt-dch-note(1)

add notes/TODO items to debian/changelog

## 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

**dpt dch-note** is a helper program for adding notes to *debian/changelog* file. These can be useful for keeping track of TODO items or signaling PET to ignore new upstream releases.

## OPTIONS

- **--ignore**

  - **--ignore-version**

  Add an "IGNORE-VERSION: *version*" comment. This is useful for instructing PET that this upstream release contains no changes that warrant an upload, for example changes in META files or fixes concerning only non-UNIX platforms.

- **--waits** *package* *version*

  - **--waits-for** *package* *version*

  Add a "WAITS-FOR: *package* *version*" comment. This is useful to indicate that uploading of this package needs another package to be uploaded first. This also instructs PET not to show this package as ready for uploading until the required package version is available in the archive.

- **--unreleased**

  Change distribution in *debian/changelog* to `"unreleased"`. This is done to indicate that the package needs more work and is not ready for reviewing/uploading.

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

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.