Changelog entries for post-release updates

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Wed Feb 1 03:04:29 UTC 2012


When I install non-security post-release updates, I generally read the 
changelog entries so I have an idea what's changed on my system.  It would be 
nice if there could be some text that actually explains what's going on.  I 
don't find this very helpful:

ifupdown (0.7~alpha5.1ubuntu5.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Cherry pick fixes for label handling from upstream git (LP: #876829):
    - http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/100d6f75b985
    - http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/2d171c8da8e5
    - http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/f9cef973859e
    - http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/rev/80a68bbbd45d
  * Update test suite accordingly.

I'm sure there are others, but this one I just hit, so I'm mentioning it as an 
example of what I think is a problem that's not very rare.  I don't mean to 
call out any individuals.

Scott K



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