On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/17/2013 12:03 PM, drago01 wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Mathieu Bridon >> <bochecha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 2013-04-17 at 12:10 +0900, Florian Festi wrote: >>>> >>>> For limiting the change log entries in the binary packages >>>> %_changelog_trimtime can be used that take a unix time stamp as an >>>> integer value. This way the whole history is still available in the spec >>>> file. >>> >>> >>> Could redhat-rpm-config set that automatically, for example to the >>> release date of Fedora N-1? >> >> >> Why does it have to be date based? >> Why not having a count based cutoff? >> Like last N entries. > > Ask yourself what changelogs are serve for and you'll find the answer. > > It's questions such as: > - When did a change make it into a package? This is available in the git repo. > - What are the changes since "<old> NVR"? Same here ... you can view a log from commit to commit to view that (even diffs). > - Which changes are relevant to %changelog users? > ... > > That is, cutting at <N> would cut at points, which are likely cut off off > the information users are interested in. We are using git. You have everything there (not only the changelogs but the old versions of spec file / patches). -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
