[ISSUE] [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[ISSUE] [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[paper42]

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New issue by paper42 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387

Description:
Some projects have two sources for $changelog - one from the master/main branch for rcs, alphas, betas and first releases in a series and one from a maintenance branch for patch releases. This is mostly visible in GNOME projects, but other projects also use this strategy.

Sometimes the maintenance branch doesn't exist until it's needed which means that if we decide to use the maintenance branch for the changelog, it will be a 404 link until they create the branch (#36353).

This can be solved with allowing multiple entries in the $changelog field.

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[classabbyamp]

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New comment by classabbyamp on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1082574502

Comment:
would this require a change in xbps?

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[classabbyamp]

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New comment by classabbyamp on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1082574502

Comment:
would this require a change in xbps itself?

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[Anachron]

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1093977996

Comment:
Not in `xbps` and only barely in `xbps-src` as we don't really use this field yet. 

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

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New comment by github-actions[bot] on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1179460551

Comment:
Issues become stale 90 days after last activity and are closed 14 days after that.  If this issue is still relevant bump it or assign it.

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

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New comment by github-actions[bot] on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1272198191

Comment:
Issues become stale 90 days after last activity and are closed 14 days after that.  If this issue is still relevant bump it or assign it.

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[classabbyamp]

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New comment by classabbyamp on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1272199793

Comment:
it actually works out of the box already I think, I did it [here](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/39519/files#diff-11fc585109075e469edb63113f3894a59934d9926c4f2d5242f616f0dc65327dR15-R16) having completely forgotten about this issue

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[classabbyamp]

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New comment by classabbyamp on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1272199793

Comment:
it actually works out of the box already I think, I did it [here](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/39519/files#diff-11fc585109075e469edb63113f3894a59934d9926c4f2d5242f616f0dc65327dR15-R16) having completely forgotten about this issue, so this is more of a policy RFC I guess?

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

[paper42]

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New comment by paper42 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1345977222

Comment:
I don't think this is a good idea to have two changelogs, one for the maintenance branch and one for master anymore. I can easily just comment out the one that doesn't apply for that release. Having both would mean users would have to figure out which one contains the changelog for the current version.

Re: [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

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New comment by github-actions[bot] on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387#issuecomment-1465391671

Comment:
Issues become stale 90 days after last activity and are closed 14 days after that.  If this issue is still relevant bump it or assign it.

Re: [ISSUE] [CLOSED] [RFC]: multiple entries in $changelog

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Closed issue by paper42 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/36387

Description:
Some projects have two sources for $changelog - one from the master/main branch for rcs, alphas, betas and first releases in a series and one from a maintenance branch for patch releases. This is mostly visible in GNOME projects, but other projects also use this strategy.

Sometimes the maintenance branch doesn't exist until it's needed which means that if we decide to use the maintenance branch for the changelog, it will be a 404 link until they create the branch (#36353).

This can be solved with allowing multiple entries in the $changelog field.