Re: Old changelog entries removal

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On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 09:37 -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > Or just add some RPM metadata tags to record the upstream SCM type + URL +
> > branch / release tag, etc. The user can thus easily find the upstream
> > full commit logs corresponding to the pacakge.
> 
> IMHO that is only good when the Fedora package is nothing but the
> upstream code, built with defaults.  As soon as Fedora needs to add a
> patch and/or systemd unit(s), change options, etc., there should be a
> Fedora changelog.
Also, the current changelogs are self contained & do not require internet access.

Remote changelog URLs might become inaccessible over time, making tracking down
behavior changes & tricky bugs problematic.


> 
> And even when it's a straight build of upstream, some maintainers
> include RH Bugzilla numbers in their changelog entries, which is useful
> too.
> 
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> Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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