Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] New VL Repository

[John B <joh...@gm...>]

I'm going to add to my previous reply so that I (and hopefully the
rest of us on the list) understand what a changelog for packages will
entail.

1) The ChangeLog.txt should reside at the same level in the repository
as the PACKAGES.TXT and md5sum files.

2) The changelog entries should list the subdirectory of the changed
package, the package name and the reason for the change. To swipe an
example from the slackware-current changelog:

xap/seamonkey-1.0.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to seamonkey-1.0.3.
       This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs.
       For more information, see:
       http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#seamonkey
       (* Security fix *)

3) Each day's worth of changes should have a time stamp at the top and
a separator line at the bottom.

To apply this process to the VL repository, let's say that we had made
this change to veclinux-current at the time I sent this e-mail. The
complete changelog entry would look like this:

Thu Jul 27 09:41:25 PM EDT 2006
x-apps/seamonkey-1.0.3-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to seamonkey-1.0.3.
       This upgrade fixes several possible security bugs.
       For more information, see:
       http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#seamonkey
       (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+

Please either confirm that my understanding is correct or show me
where I am not understanding something. :)

Thanks,
John

On 7/27/06, John B <joh...@gm...> wrote:
> Yes, that can be done. :)
>
> jb
>
> On 7/27/06, Jason Woodward <woo...@ja...> wrote:
> >
> > > If you are an active packager for VL, please ensure that I receive
> > > your SSH public key via e-mail to johnb316 at gmail dot com. Without
> > > your key, you will not be able to upload packages into the VL
> > > repository.
> >
> > Is there a changelog to update when new packages are uploaded?  If not, can a new one be
> > started that is similar to the Slackware ChangeLog.txt ?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jason Woodward
> > woo...@ja...
> >
> >
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