On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Dan McGee <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Cedric Staniewski <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This patch adds a new PKGBUILD variable, changelog, which replaces the old, 
>> hardcoded ChangeLog file. The old behavior is completely removed, which 
>> means that existing ChangeLog files will be ignored if there is no 
>> appropriate line in the PKGBUILD. For a more detailed description, please 
>> see the patch below.
>>
>> I hope I also caught all the necessary documentation updates.
>>
>> Cedric
>>
>>
>> >From d8e1bb73705a665bc03f14f4eb3ec0d8b9e6d259 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Cedric Staniewski <[email protected]>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:38:18 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] Introduce new PKGBUILD variable `changelog`
>>
>> Currently, a changelog is added to a package if a specific file with a
>> hardcoded name exists in the PKGBUILD's directory. This approach is not
>> pretty and also inconsistent with the handling of install files, but it
>> works.
>>
>> With the introduction of split PKGBUILDs, however, a drawback in this
>> old behavior has arisen: you only have the possibility to include one
>> specific changelog file in either every package defined in the PKGBUILD
>> or in none.
>>
>> The use of an additional variable, `changelog`, works around this issue
>> and makes it possible to include a changelog in only some of the
>> packages, and besides, each package of the PKGBUILD can have its own
>> changelog file.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Cedric Staniewski <[email protected]>
>
> I don't have a problem with this. The changelog stuff was originally
> added by Aaron in early 2007, so any comments from him? Commit
> 0635e03869a9af0b40ba2858a88de0d2e6dd8fe7.
>
> Xavier and Allan. always looking for your input as well. :)
>

This looked good to me.

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