Changelog and new version of upstream

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ivazquez at ivazquez.net
Tue Jun 14 23:00:14 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 00:26 +0200, Christian Jodar wrote:
> Just a small question about %changelog section. When RPM is updated only to
> follow new version of upstream package, what should contain the %changelog
> section? Only a small message telling it's using a new source, or a list of
> changes in the application?

I just say "Upstream update" myself in %changelog.

> Another question. Is there a need for a review/approval before committing
> and requesting build when only the upstream package has been changed?

Nope. But making sure it builds on as many systems as you can reasonably
get ahold of is a good first step. And waiting a couple of hours for
responses on -commits is also a good idea.

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net>
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