Comment # 3 on bug 1001636 from Dominique Leuenberger

(In reply to Lee Duncan from comment #2)
> As I study this situation, I see a fatal conflict in logic.
> 
> The *.changes file in each distribution are supposed to be strictly reverse
> chronological, i.e. new entries always added a the head of the file, with a
> proper date/time tag.


> If this is true, then how can the target-isns.changes file in
> openSUSE:Factory and in openSUSE:Leap:42.2 ever be the same once they have
> diverged? Currently, these two packages have different "*.changes" files.
> 
> I do not know how you wish this blocking issue resolved. Please let me know.


PrjM of the various products (SLE, Leap, Tumbleweed) are well aware of this -
and in light of getting things in sync have accepted many exceptions here.

What we keep value on is that bug refs do not get lost (even if moved to a
different point in the .change where they might also apply)

Especially if you look at the diff between SLE12 and Leap one would assume it
should be possible to align those two (TW will be more complex)

osc rdiff SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:GA target-isns openSUSE:Leap:42.2