Re: changelogs in packages and space use

[Warren Togami <wtogami redhat com>]

Matthias Saou wrote:
> seth vidal wrote :
>
> > 1. trim the changelogs at createrepo-runtime - fine - but that only gets
> > it for the repodata
> >
> > 2. trim repos at rpmbuild time - great - I've suggested it as an option
> > to rpmbuild on rpm-maint list. 
> >
> > 3. trim them out of the pkgs the next time we change a package. Just
> > prune them down to the last years worth of changelogs - maybe saving the
> > old changelogs in a file in the cvs repository - or even into an unused
> > source file in the srpm?
>
> I also like the 2nd option best. Seems like the best balance between
> space saved and relevant information kept easily available.
> And for older information we still have the original spec file.
>
> Matthias

Perhaps the end of the auto-trimmed %changelog could have text inserted 
that points at a URL to the full %changelog.

Warren Togami
wtogami redhat com