On 23.10.2016 19:31, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 10:37:17AM -0400, Neal Gompa wrote: >> In Mageia, we use the VCS log as input to dynamically generate the RPM >> changelog and append it to the spec as part of the SRPM build process >> for the package build. > This would be far better than the current situation IMHO. There's no > point in inaccurately duplicating information twice, [...] Hmmm. I think I don't consider it duplicated information. A commit messages in the VCS afaics is something that is written for other developers that want to understand/track changes (now or in the future). The intent of the changelog OTOH "is to give the user a hint as to what changed in a package update" (quote from https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Changelogs ). IOW: Different target audiences. And that's why the messages [c|sh]ould differ. But they often don't. But maybe that's just us being lazy? (yes, I'm guilty in this regard ;-) ) CU, knurd _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
