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[Clyde E. Kunkel]

On 01/29/2011 10:58 AM, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>> On 01/29/2011 09:21 AM, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
>>>> New package: ghc-process-leksah-1.0.1.4-2.fc15
>>>>               Haskell process-leksah library
>>>
>>> Is it not possible to try a little harder to write a useful package
>>> summary?  Or for the package reviewer to take just a quick look and
>>> notice that a summary such as that is pretty much completely useless?
>>>
>>>    - J<
>>
>>
>> Yes, please.  Also, "new upstream version" as the only summary is not
>> useful either.
>
> By summary, do you mean the %changelog entry? That entry represents
> the changelog of the specfile/srpm, which is different than the
> changelog of the software. While it is perfectly fine to write "new
> upstream version" to the %changelog of the specfile, the software
> changelog can (and perhaps should) go to the Notes section in bodhi.
>
> Orcan

Well, I guess I mean the changelog of the software.  Especially when it 
is a "new upstream version."

There just needs to be more information for the new versions so a user 
can anticipate a potentially changed environment.

Regards,
OldFart