Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-buildservice (366 mails)

[Dirk Stoecker <opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Dr. Peter Poeml wrote:

> > b) Commit messages are only useful, when the RPM changelog can be built 
> >    with the help of these messages somehow automatically.
> 
> I think they should kept separate (or at least this behaviour should be
> made optional).
> 
> I regard the commit log as something which may not be what I want to end
> up into the rpm changelog. I may need many iterations until I get a
> package to build on all targets, and I would clutter the rpm changelog
> with those changes. 
> 
> Just like the rpm changelog is usually not the same as the changelog of
> any upstream source code repository.
> 
> For example, IMO it makes sense to the Apache webserver package that
> there are really three changelogs:
> - the upstream svn changelog (also packaged as CHANGES in the packages)
> - the buildservice commit log (making transparent the work of the packager)
> - the rpm changelog (documenting user-visible end results)
> 
> Of course it can make total sense to derive the rpm changelog
> automatically from the commit log, in certain cases -- I agree on that.

You are right. Nevertheless I'm too lazy to change my RPM packages 
(especially as I hate the syntax). But I'm used to have -m due to svn and 
cvs.

Probably the solution could be a tag system like the one used in KDE.
Adding e.g. "CHANGELOG:" to the commit message to have it in the RPM 
changelog?

Would be very helpful I think.

And when having Tags, we could also implement
"NOREBUILD" to prevent a rebuild e.g. when checking in new files and 
before I had the chance to edit the .spec.

Regarding the webpage:

The Add-file and edit-file pages could get a box for commit messages as 
well as checkmarks for the Tags I introduced here :-) Leaving only deletes 
without message.

Ciao
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