On Thu, 2019-10-03 at 09:37 -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> 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. > > -- > Chris Adams <li...@cmadams.net> > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
