changelog format
David Cantrell
dcantrell at redhat.com
Mon Apr 20 20:26:27 UTC 2009
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 at redhat.com>
Red Hat / Honolulu, HI
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