"Cristian Rodriguez R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andreas Jaeger escribió: > >> * log entries in .changes file >> >> Just a simple "Update to version x.y" is not valid in the packages >> changelog but happens far too often. >> >> Goal: present the changes done to packages to users in a good way and >> use that for e.g. Release Notes. >> > > 1. The average user does not read package changelogs at all, probably > they only read "patches" changelog if at all. > > 2. software provides NEWS and Changelog either included in the package > or on the internet by their own. so it is absolutely pointeless to > duplicate effort already done. > > 3. we provides **packages** of certain software, so the package > changelog should include changes to the package **itself**. as stated > previously there are counteless ways to retrieve software changes.(some > poeple is even subscribed to announce lists of several software they use) > > 4. I have been told this is proposed to make autobuild people 's life > easier,I wonder if autobuild people does not have a internet connection > or a terminal to look at the NEWS file, the package can contain a link > to the changelog. > > 5. Thsi unnecesarilly clutter changelog files with information that > users **wont read**. > > 6. this cause unnecesarry work for packagers with no gain to users. > > In short, I would like to know the real rationale beahind this as I > currently can see a single reason to do what is proposed.
I'm under the impression that end users want to know in an easy way why the version update happened - and not only that it happened. We currently copy some of that information also around, e.g. add it to some announcements in a distilled way. I would like to see this improved, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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