Public bug reported: Binary package hint: update-manager
With the increasing use of PPAs to test and evaluate improvments and bug-fixes it is important that when an update is offered the user knows the version, changes, and source of the package. Currently update-manager doesn't display a changelog for packages from PPA archives. This is mainly because there is no changelog repository in the same style as there is for 'official' packages, at http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/ I have added code to UpdateManager.py that, when a changelog isn't found in the official changelog repository, checks if the package is from a PPA and if it is, fetches the changelog entry from the PPA archive front-page. It does some simple and effective page-scraping to extract the changelog and passes it back for displaying. It adds a note to the bottom of the changelog giving the source of the package, e.g: Version 0.5.0-1ubuntu1~ppa1h: * Packaged for Ubuntu (from PPA intuitivenipple - https://launchpad.net/~intuitivenipple/+archive) I'm publishing update-manager 1:0.87.31~ppa1h in my PPA with this functionality enabled for anyone that wants to try it. Later I'll add a debdiff to this report. ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- PPA Changelog not displayed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254552 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
