On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:34 AM, Brian K. White <brian@aljex.com> wrote:
rpm changelog should have basic version and upstream source info, spec changes, which includes any noteworthy integration info, compiler options, enabled/disabled features, and only those software changes and bug fixes supplied by that package on top of upstream.
At least these days that would be the most sane for me. Maybe the changelog feature was originally added to rpm to hold essentially the softwares changelog, but I don't think that's the best use for the feature, especially not now when packagers are distinct from authors.
In the context of all those requests to make yast show the changelog, "changelog" means software changes too, probably foremost, not only packaging changes. If you propose to make rpm changelog only about packaging, then those requests are also requesting for a way to fetch upstream changelogs or read the in-rpm "CHANGELOG"/"NEWS" file. I'm pretty sure reading the changelog on the specfile is far easier to implement. Practicality would then *suggest* to make rpm changelogs a little bit about the software too. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org