More unhelpful update descriptions

Michael Catanzaro mike.catanzaro at gmail.com
Sat Jun 29 14:45:43 UTC 2013


On Sat, 2013-06-29 at 16:08 +0200, Till Maas wrote:
> If the update fixes a bug which is properly mentioned in the bugs field,
> why does this fact need to be mentioned again in the update notes? It
> should be obvious that an update fixing a bug is worth pushing out.
> 
> Also instead of writing policy, better make Bodhi allow to easier write
> good update notes, e.g. by using/including the upstream, RPM or GIT
> changelog, so it can be easily used if it already contains the necessary
> information.
> 
> Regards
> Till
Since a PackageKit update a month or two ago, if the description field
is left blank then PackageKit will show the top of the RPM changelog
after the message "The developer logs will be shown as no update
information is available" or something along those lines. (Previously it
just used to say "No update information available.") So the
functionality for that is in place....
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