[Fink-users] Release changes in package news

[Ken Engel]

Hi,
I haven't seen it mentioned here, so I will. Now there are Fink RDF channels for your
news aggregator. Subscribe to these URLs in your NetNewsWire or Slashdock or
AmphetaDesk:

Fink Project News: http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/news.rdf
New Fink Packages (Stable): http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/fink-stable.rdf
New Fink Packages (Unstable): http://fink.sourceforge.net/news/fink-unstable.rdf

This is a much welcomed feature I had thought of, but put off asking for, figuring it
would not be terribly high priority. So thanks a lot!

Now a question for Fink developers. Is it possible to include latest Changelog entry
when posting new releases? For example, here's a hypothetical package entry in the
RDF file:

<item rdf:about="http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/xyz";>
<title>xyz 1.06-1 (Simple program that does something)</title>
<link>http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/xyz</link>
<description>Simple program that does something. Fast and flexible! Lots of interesting features.</description>
<!-- What's new in this release? -->
<latest>This release fixes some annoying bug. Includes new feature that does some other magic.</latest>
<dc:date>2003-01-01T18:26:25-05:00</dc:date>
</item>

(In fact, if I may be so bold, I suggest breaking up <title> into something like:
<title>xyz</title>
<latest_version>1.06-1</latest_version>
<one_liner> Simple program that does something</one_liner>
)

Of course, this all depends on the myriad packages' methods of describing their latest
releases. I don't assume they all do it in a 'standard' fashion. ;}
But anyway, I figure I'll put this out there.
Thanks guys!
Ken



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