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> On 03/12/2013 08:17 PM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote:
> > What is the point of the RPM changelog then?
>
> RPM changelog is for packaging changes. Bodhi update notes are for the
> user. They are not merely redundant copies of the same information.
I see both sides of this argument. When I have my admin hat on, I really don't want to have to consult bodhi, which requires a net connection when I could simply do an 'rpm -q --changelog foo'. However, with my dev hat on, I can see the argument the other way. In my local packaging, my rpm changelogs are a mixture. If V is bumped the changelog describes the diffs between the new V and the old V. If R is bumped, the changelog most likely describes something that changed in the spec only.
That's me and what I feel is proper (for local packaging) though. However, I would strongly suggest that if Fedora policy is to have the rpm changelog only cover R changes and not V changes, let's please amend this bit to make it much more explicit and clear to the reader, perhaps even providing the bodhi URL:
man rpm(8)
PACKAGE QUERY OPTIONS:
--changelog
Display change information for the package.
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