On 04/20/2009 10:21 AM, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 23:32 +0200, Björn Persson wrote:I gather I'm expected to write the changelog in a spec file by hand.Why is this, BTW? Is there a reason we don't just generate it from CVS commit messages, beyond "no-one's had time / inclination to implement it"?
Because there's no forced standard for CVS commit messages. Plus, each CVS commit in pkgcvs does not necessarily equal a new release or version increment in the package. At least that's not how I use pkgcvs.
I view the RPM changelog as mostly fluff for end-user consumption. We [the packagers] can summarize the main points of that release, note bug numbers addressed, and other major points for that iteration of the package.
-- David Cantrell <dcantrell redhat com> Red Hat / Honolulu, HI