[Devel] Re: [Users] OpenVZ kernel RPM changelog

[Kir Kolyshkin]

Dag Wieers wrote:
> Also I noticed that the ovz kernel had no internal changelog. I do 
> understand that if it is based on the RHEL kernel, there is no real need 
> to list the Red Hat changes. But having (fictitious) statements in the 
> changelog like:
>
>  * Sun Nov 12 OpenVZ kernel developer 2
>  - Fixed a conditional kernel oops when <the shit hits the fan>
>  - Improved locking in the <ultra-glue whoosy bits>
>  - Fixed a security problem due to UBC counter overflow
>
>  * Sat Nov 11 OpenVZ Kernel developer 1
>  - Fixed bug M, BU Y and bug Z
>  - Removed CONFIG_ABC and CONFIG_DEF
>  - Based on RHEL4 kernel X.Y.Z
>
> would give a better understanding what we have in our hands. Especially if 
> the versioning is not related to the upstream kernel. If we need to apply 
> an update (and reboot the server) we prefer to know what the change/impact 
> is and how important the update is.
>   
We could automatically fetch that stuff from GIT and put it into 
%changelog, if that's really required. But for me it looks like a 
duplication of information (which is already available from other 
place). More to say, the changelog could be rather big, with 100s of 
entries.

Perhaps we could use short-style changelog, like this (for 028test005 
kernel):

- FUSE support.
- Critical scheduler bug fixes
- Miscellaneous bug and compilation fixes
- Code cleanups.

So, which solution would you prefer?