PackageInfo ChangeLog

Anders F Björklund afb at algonet.se
Sat Jan 30 03:39:51 PST 2010


I've merged the changelog addition (from 2006/12-2008/09) to trunk...
It returns an even/odd changelog list of changes made to the package.


For rpms, the format looks like:

EVEN
      * %{CHANGELOGTIME:day} %{CHANGELOGNAME}

ODD
        %{CHANGELOGTEXT}

The "name" field is frequently abused to include version/release info,
but usually it is something simple like "Author <author at example.com>".


For debs, the format looks like:

EVEN
      package (version) distribution(s); urgency=urgency
ODD
        * change details
          more change details
        * even more change details

       -- maintainer name <email address>[two spaces]  date


There are no loaders for rpm-md or apt-deb channels, so only installed
packages and rpm header formats will return any changelog information.

--anders




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