512597 – Shared changelog for .deb & .rpm doesn't work

Bug 512597 - Shared changelog for .deb & .rpm doesn't work

Summary: Shared changelog for .deb & .rpm doesn't work

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	openSUSE.org
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	BuildService (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal with 5 votes (vote)
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Assignee:	Michael Schröder
QA Contact:	Adrian Schröter

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Reported:	2009-06-12 13:10 UTC by Stephan Kleine
Modified:	2017-05-11 13:48 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Stephan Kleine 2009-06-12 13:10:00 UTC

According to http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-buildservice/2007-03/msg00067.html it should be possible to use one shared changelog for .rpm & .deb based distros.

I tried:

* .changes
* package-name.changes
* .changelog
* package-name.changelog

but all my Debian builds failed with:

tail: cannot open `debian/changelog' for reading: No such file or directory


Further: According to the mail one has to use the Debian style for the changelog which is a PITA to correctly type manually. Therefore I would like to suggest / ask / request to modify the changelog converter so it can successfully convert the "osc vc" style changelog into Debian format since that would be the easiest solution for an user.

Please keep that in mind while addressing the general issue.

Comment 1 Michael Schröder 2009-08-17 17:14:08 UTC

(sorry for the late answer)

It currently only works when the debtransform script is called, i.e. when there is some filename starting with "debian.". This may be considered a bug.

"osc vc" style doesn't really work because the debian changelogs contain more information, like the package version.

Comment 2 Michael Schröder 2017-05-11 13:48:41 UTC

Sorry, closing this bug.