On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:37:08 +0000, Richard wrote: > On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 09:06 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > The following are a set of simple guidelines for the update descriptions > > > via bodhi (which is used by PackageKit to inform users of what has > > > changed). These guidelines are intended to help end users understand the > > > nature of changes in the update better. Bodhi is not used in rawhide, so > > > these guidelines are not applicable for rawhide updates. Note that this > > > is not connected to the rpm changelog. > > -1, simply nuts Silly and nuts! > By saying "simply nuts" I assume you've not talked to any real users. > > This IS useful: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/hwdata-0.222-1.fc10 It's a lousy cut'n'paste job without much benefit for Joe User. Just skim over the "Details". Intimidating! > This IS NOT useful: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gromacs-4.0.3-2.fc10 Agreed. It's too brief, in particular since Bodhi doesn't display the previous pkg EVR and no %changelog diff either. > If we want to push our platform forward as "easy to use" and "suitable > for new users" then this sort of thing is very important. No, because they won't cherry-pick updates anyway. They expect the package maintainers (== the distribution vendor) to offer updates that just work. On the contrary, what would be important to mention are the possible risks of applying an update. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
