spec file changes: removing Release: and %changelog

[Dmitry Butskoy]

Oh, no...
>
> I've spent a little bit of time on the shuttle to/from work hacking on
> Makefile.common.  The general idea is to remove the Release: and %
> changelog fields from spec files,

And then I have to maintain two versions of the spec file -- one for 
Fedora build system, other for: another distros, another Fedora-related 
distros, local builds etc...
>  
> * Allow for automated (re-)builds without hackish scripts
>   

Is that "hackish" my problem? ;)

> * Avoid developer time being spent incrementing integers in spec file
>   

Interesting... Perhaps you will propose the automated "Version:" 
determined by the tarball? Or even tarball's URL?

> * Obviate the need to keep two changelogs in sync
>   

Actually, I never fill the cvs changelog. Only the spec's changelog. 
Probably I'm wrong, but nobody claim me for it for a while.
> edit foo.spec
> make clog
> cvs commit -F clog
> make tag build
> # discover error
> edit foo.spec
> make force-tag build
>   

BTW, maybe the better way is to determine the changes in the %changelog 
section (cvs diff etc.), and then create a particular cvs log by that 
chagnes?
>  In the new
> system, you only need to know two commands: "make local" to do a local
> build,

For this, I will prefer to hack with "rpmbuild" at a separate place and 
to control what is happening immediately.


~buc
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