| 2008-08-04 06:13:28 |
TJ |
description |
Binary package hint: update-manager
With the increasing use of PPAs to test and evaluate improvments and bug-fixes it is important that when an update is offered the user knows the version, changes, and source of the package.
Currently update-manager doesn't display a changelog for packages from PPA archives. This is mainly because there is no changelog repository in the same style as there is for 'official' packages, at
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/
I have added code to UpdateManager.py that, when a changelog isn't found in the official changelog repository, checks if the package is from a PPA and if it is, fetches the changelog entry from the PPA archive front-page. It does some simple and effective page-scraping to extract the changelog and passes it back for displaying. It adds a note to the bottom of the changelog giving the source of the package, e.g:
Version 0.5.0-1ubuntu1~ppa1h:
* Packaged for Ubuntu
(from PPA intuitivenipple - https://launchpad.net/~intuitivenipple/+archive)
I'm publishing update-manager 1:0.87.31~ppa1h in my PPA with this functionality enabled for anyone that wants to try it.
Later I'll add a debdiff to this report. |
Binary package hint: update-manager
With the increasing use of PPAs to test and evaluate improvements and bug-fixes it is important that when an update is offered the user knows the version, changes, and source of the package.
Currently update-manager doesn't display a changelog for packages from PPA archives. This is mainly because there is no changelog repository in the same style as there is for 'official' packages, at
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/
I have added code to UpdateManager.py that, when a changelog isn't found in the official changelog repository, checks if the package is from a PPA and if it is, fetches the changelog entry from the PPA archive front-page. It does some simple and effective page-scraping to extract the changelog and passes it back for displaying. It adds a note to the bottom of the changelog giving the source of the package, e.g:
Version 0.5.0-1ubuntu1~ppa1h:
* Packaged for Ubuntu
(from PPA intuitivenipple - https://launchpad.net/~intuitivenipple/+archive)
I'm publishing update-manager 1:0.87.31~ppa1 in my PPA with this functionality enabled for anyone that wants to try it. It is available for Gutsy and Hardy. A version for Intrepid will be available once the repositories have got all the dependencies.
Later I'll add a debdiff to this report. |
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