Hi, Does it really make sense to send the whole changelog of the package. As a sysadmin, I would like to see quickly what the changes are between currently installed and the upcoming version so I can make a decision how to react, cosmetic or security related. For the former I may prefer to wait, if it is not an issue for my system. Just as an example I am adding the changelog of btrfsprogs, and I dropped further parts as I am sure most people are not interested the boring parts. rpm -qi says I have 5.16 Name : btrfsprogs Version : 5.16 Release : 1.1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Wed 19 Jan 2022 11:22:20 AM CET Group : System/Filesystems Size : 3997347 License : GPL-2.0-only Signature : RSA/SHA256, Fri 14 Jan 2022 11:35:48 PM CET, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 Source RPM : btrfsprogs-5.16-1.1.src.rpm Build Date : Fri 14 Jan 2022 11:32:32 PM CET With the new Tumbleweed release news I am interested in the following part ==== btrfsprogs ==== Subpackages: btrfsprogs-udev-rules libbtrfs0 - add python-rpm-macros (bsc#1194748) - spec: also provide btrfs-progs as it's common package name in other distros - spec: clean up conditionals for < 12 versions - spec: let SLE12 build again (conditional dependency of libreiserfscore) - Removed patches: sles11-defaults.h (no SLE11 compatibility anymore) - Added patches: btrfs-progs-kerncompat-add-local-definition-for-alig.patch (fix build on SLE12/SLE15) - Update to 5.16 * rescue: new subcommand clear-uuid-tree to fix failed mount due to bad uuid subvolume keys, caught by tree-checker * fi du: skip inaccessible files * prop: properly resolve to symlink targets * send, receive: fix crash after parent subvolume lookup errors * build: * fix build on 5.12+ kernels due to changes in linux/kernel.h * fix build on musl with old kernel headers * other: * error handling fixes, cleanups, refactoring * extent tree v2 preparatory work * lots of RST documentation updates (last release with asciidoc sources), https://btrfs.readthedocs.io From here further down I don't need it in the announcement. If I really want to know what happened all I need to do is rpm -q --changelog btrfsprogs So can we pretty please cut the unnecessary, not really needed info part. Thank you in advance - Update to 5.15.1 * fi usage: fix wrongly reported space of used or unallocated space * fix detection of block device discard capability * check: add more sanity checks for checksum items * build: make sphinx optional backend for documentation - Update to 5.15 * mkfs: new defaults! * no-holes * free-space-tree * DUP for metadata unconditionally * libbtrfsutil: add missing profile defines * libbtrfs: minimize its impact on the other code, refactor and separate implementation where needed, cleanup afterwards, reduced header exports * documentation: introduce sphinx build and RST versions of manual pages, will become the new format and replace asciidoc * fixes: warning regarding v1 space cache when only v2 (free space tree) is enabled - Update to 5.14.1 * fixes * zoned mode * properly detect non-zoned devices in emulation mode * properly create quota tree * raid1c3/4 also excluded from unsupported profiles * use sysfs-based detection of device discard capability, fix mkfs-time trim for non-standard devices * mkfs: fix creation of populated filesystem with free space tree * detect multipath devices (needs libudev) * replace start: add option -K/--nodiscard, similar to what mkfs or device add has * dump-tree: print complete root_item * mkfs: add option --verbose * sb-mod: better help, no checksum calculation on read-only actions * subvol show: * print more information (regarding send and receive) * print warning if read-write subvolume has received_uuid set * property set: * add parameter -f to force changes * changing ro->rw switch now needs -f if subvolume has received_uuid set, (see documentation) * build: optional libudev (on by default) * other * remove deprecated support for CREATE_ASYNC bit for subvolume ioctl * CI updates * new and updated tests - Update patch: mkfs-default-features.patch (add stub define for new defaults) - Update to 5.14.1 * fixes: * defrag: fix parsing of compression (option -c) * add workaround for old kernels when reading zone sizes * let only check and restore open the fs with transid failures, namely preventing btrfstune to do so * convert: --uuid copy does not fail on duplicate uuids - Update to 5.14 * convert: * new option --uuid to copy, generate or set a given uuid * improve output * mkfs: * allow to create degenerate raid0 (on 1 device) and raid10 (on 2 devices) * image: * improved error messages * fix some alignment of restored image * subvol delete: allow to delete by id when path is not resolvable * check: * require alignment of nodesize for 64k page systems * detect and fix invalid block groups * libbtrfs (deprecated): * remove most exported symbols, leave only a few that are used by snapper * no version change (still 0.1) * remove btrfs-list.h, btrfsck.h * fixes: * reset generation of space v1 if v2 is used * fi us: don't wrongly report missing device size when partition is not readable * other: * build: experimental features * build: better detection of 64bit timestamp support for ext4 * corrupt-block: block group items * new and updated tests * refactoring * experimental features: * new image dump format, with data - Update to 5.13.1 * build: fix build on musl libc due to missing definition of NAME_MAX * check: * batch more work into one transaction when clearing v1 free space inodes * detect directoris with wrong number of links * libbtrfsutil: fix race between subvolume iterator and deletion * mkfs: be more specific about supported profiles for zoned device * other: * documentation updates - Update to 5.13 * restore: remove loop checks for extent count and directory scan * inspect dump-tree: new options to print node (--csum-headers) and data checksums (--csum-items) * fi usage: * print stripe count for striped profiles * print zoned information: size, total unusable * mkfs: print note about sha256 accelerated module loading issue * check: ability to reset dev_item::bytes_used * fixes * detect zoned kernel support at run time too * exclusive op running check return value * fi resize: support cancel (kernel 5.14) * device remove: support cancel (kernel 5.14) * documentation about general topics * compression * zoned mode * storage model * hardware considerations * other * libbtrfsutil API overview * help text fixes and updates * hash speedtest measure time, cycles using perf and print throughput - Add --disable-zoned for leap - revert previous change, unintentionally disables zstd on tumbleweed - Fix build for leap * --disable-zstd if leap < 42.3 * --disable-zoned for leap - Update to 5.12.1 * build: fix missing symbols in libbtrfs * mkfs: check for minimal number of zones * check: fix warning about cache generation when free space tree is enabled * fix superblock write in zoned mode on 16K pages - Update to 5.12 * libbtrfsutil: relicensed to LGPL v2.1+ * mkfs: zoned mode support (kernel 5.12+) * fi df: show zone_unusable per profile type in zoned mode * fi usage: show total amount of zone_unusable * fi resize: fix message for exact size * image: fix warning and enlarge output file if necessary * core * refactor chunk allocator for more modes * implement zoned mode support: allocation and writes, sb log * crypto/hash refactoring and cleanups * refactoring and cleanups * other * test updates * CI updates * travis-ci integration disabled * docker images updated, more coverage * incomplete build support for Android removed * doc updates * chattr mode m for 'NOCOMPRESS" * swapfile used from fstab * how to add a new export to libbtrfsutil * update status of mount options since 5.9 - Update to 5.11.1 * properly format checksums when a mismatch is reported * check: fix false alert on tree block crossing 64K page boundary * convert: * refuse to convert filesystem with 'needs_recovery' * update documentation to require fsck before conversion * balance convert: fix raid56 warning when converting other profiles * fi resize: improved summary * other * build: fix checks and autoconf defines * fix symlink paths for CI support scripts * updated tests - Update to 5.11 * fix device path canonicalization for device mapper devices * receive: remove workaround for setting capabilities, all stable kernels have been patched * receive: fix duplicate mount path detection * rescue: new subcommand create-control-device * device stats: minor fix for plain text format output * build: detect if e2fsprogs support 64bit timestamps * build: drop libmount, required functionality has been reimplemented * mkfs: warn when raid56 is used * balance convert: warn when raid56 is used * other * new and updated tests * documentation updates * seeding device * raid56 status * CI updates * docker images for various distros - Update to 5.10.1 * static build works again * other: * add a way to test static binaries with the testsuite * clarify scrub docs * update dependencies, minimum version for libmount is 2.24, this may change in the future - Update to 5.10 * scrub status: * print percentage of progress * add size unit options * fi usage: also print free space from statfs * convert: copy full 64 bit timestamp from ext4 if availalble * check: * add ability to repair extent item generation * new option to remove leftovers from inode number cache (-o inode_cache) * check for already running exclusive operation (balance, device add/...) when starting one * preliminary json output support for 'device stats' * fixes: * subvolume set-default: id 0 correctly falls back to toplevel * receive: align internal buffer to allow fast CRC calculation * logical-resolve: distinguish -o subvol and bind mounts * build: new dependency libmount * other * doc fixes and updates * new tests * ci on gitlab temporarily disabled * debugging output enhancements - prepare usrmerge (boo#1029961)