[Mageia-dev] Changelog entries - why not delimited by release/build?

Fri Dec 21 20:51:44 CET 2012

21.12.2012 18:28, Christian Lohmaier kirjoitti:
+> Hi *,
+
+Hi!
+
+> I wondered about this for quite some time.. When you view the
+> changelog when updating your system, it is very hard to see what
+> actually did change in that new release.
+> 
+> For example the current cups update:
+> Version available: 1.5.4-1.1.mga2
+> currently installed: 1.5.4-1.mga2
+> 
+> Changelog:
+>        * So 16 Dez 2012 13:00:00 CET oden <oden> 1.5.4-1.1.mga2
+> 
+>         + Revision: 331722
+>         - P103: attempt to fix #8318 (some usb printers stopped working)
+>         - 1.5.4
+>         - sync patches and some changes from cauldron
+>         - P102: security fix for CVE-2012-5519 (upstream, redhat)
+>         - merge spec file changes from fedora to deal with the new
+> cups-files.conf file
+> 
+>           + guillomovitch <guillomovitch>
+>             - add upstream patches to fix #4673
+> 
+>           + tmb <tmb>
+>             - Require rpm-helper >= 0.24.8-1 for systemd support
+> 
+>         * Fr 27 Apr 2012 14:00:00 CEST tmb <tmb> 1.5.2-4.mga2
+> 
+>         + Revision: 233546
+> [....]
+> 
+> So what did actually change between 1.5.4-1.mga2 to 1.5.4-1.1.mga2?
+> 
+> This time there is a hint about a major version bump in an update, so
+> I can only assume the change is only "P103: attempt to fix #8318 (some
+> usb printers stopped working)"
+> (what does P# stand for btw? Is there a list of annotations used in changelogs?)
+
+P103 means Patch #103 (it is in arbitrary number and not meaningful for
+end users). No list that I know of.
+
+> Why aren't changelogs separated by actual release?
+
+This is not by intention, it is a bug in the build system:
+https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3666
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+