changelog format

Björn Persson bjorn at xn--rombobjrn-67a.se
Sun Apr 19 21:32:41 UTC 2009


I gather I'm expected to write the changelog in a spec file by hand. How 
strict are the requirements on the format of changelog entries? Are they 
meant to be machine-readable? Is the format specified anywhere? The packaging 
guidelines document contains four examples. Examples are good but they're no 
replacement for a specification.

So far, RPMlint has told me that each entry must start with an asterisk and 
that the international standard date format is bad. Can I trust that the 
format is OK if RPMlint doesn't complain?

Björn Persson
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