changelogs in packages and space use

[Warren Togami]

Matthias Saou wrote:
> seth vidal wrote :
> 
>> 1. trim the changelogs at createrepo-runtime - fine - but that only gets
>> it for the repodata
>>
>> 2. trim repos at rpmbuild time - great - I've suggested it as an option
>> to rpmbuild on rpm-maint list. 
>>
>> 3. trim them out of the pkgs the next time we change a package. Just
>> prune them down to the last years worth of changelogs - maybe saving the
>> old changelogs in a file in the cvs repository - or even into an unused
>> source file in the srpm?
> 
> I also like the 2nd option best. Seems like the best balance between
> space saved and relevant information kept easily available.
> And for older information we still have the original spec file.
> 
> Matthias
> 

Perhaps the end of the auto-trimmed %changelog could have text inserted 
that points at a URL to the full %changelog.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com