tl;dr: When running fedpkg update, a template is always shown, that makes it hard when doing update for multiple releases at once. Bodhi offers several command line options that can be used to simplify the task. Allow that options to be used with fedpkg update. I can send patches. I often do it with this (or similar) command: $ for F in f20 f19 f18; do fedpkg switch-branch $F && fedpkg update; done In that particular case I have to fill in the template three times and that's a pain. I have to copy and paste multiple values and basically I fill the form three times using the very same values. Deleting the line "Here is where you give an explanation of your update." three times also (BTW that line should not be there anyway, it should be in the comment ABOVE the notes= line). Bodhi comes with lot of useful command line options [0], that would make this easier for me (and also others). Look at this for example: $ for F in f20 f19 f18; do fedpkg switch-branch $F && fedpkg update -t bugfix -N "Blah blah" -S 2 -U -2 -b 12345; done When defining type and notes, everything else should be filled automatically without prompt (by prompt I mean showing the template in EDITOR). Bug number from changelog/git should be used when -b or --bugs is not used (the same way as it is pre-filled in the template). When type and/or notes are not defined, the template is shown as in present, with possible information from other switches present in the form. $ fedpkg update -N "Blah blah" -S 2 -U -2 -b 12345 would prompt this: ===== # bugfix, security, enhancement, newpackage (required) type= # testing, stable request=testing # Bug numbers: 1234,9876 bugs=12345 # Description of your update notes=Blah blah # Enable request automation based on the stable/unstable karma thresholds autokarma=True stable_karma=2 unstable_karma=-2 # Automatically close bugs when this marked as stable close_bugs=True # Suggest that users restart after update suggest_reboot=False ====== But: $ fedpkg update -t bugfix -N "Blah blah" would simply use default values (as they are in the template now) and the only prompt necessary would be the password. If you accept this behavior but don't want to code it, I'm free to take it, it seems like a relatively easy task. Just give me a blessing or comments. [0] https://fedorahosted.org/bodhi/wiki/CLI
Please just let me know if I can patch it, so it works this way.
Do you want to attach the patch? This change would be a BIG help for exactly the reasons given in the bug report.
I didn't write the patch. I was waiting for a reply first not to spend my time on something that would never be accepted. Still am.
Patches are always welcome. I am not sure why you are asking for permission or exactly what the options you are talking about are. I personally change the disttag in the nvr at the top of the template and copy and paste the content when updating for multiple releases. having a easy way to specify multiple builds would be a welcome addition.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 22 development cycle. Changing version to '22'. More information and reason for this action is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Program_Management/HouseKeeping/Fedora22
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This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 25 development cycle. Changing version to '25'.
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database. Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
Belongs to milestone 1.30[1] [1] https://pagure.io/fedpkg/roadmap?status=Open&no_stones=&milestone=1.30
Fedora 25 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2017-12-12. Fedora 25 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this bug. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 29 development cycle. Changing version to '29'.
fedpkg-1.35-1.el7 rpkg-1.56-1.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-b9c5bded6e
fedpkg-1.35-1.el6 rpkg-1.56-1.el6 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 6. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-8d36e5f524
fedpkg-1.35-1.fc27 rpkg-1.56-1.fc27 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 27. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-4b83678c28
fedpkg-1.35-1.fc28 rpkg-1.56-1.fc28 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 28. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ba8314548a
fedpkg-1.35-1.fc27, rpkg-1.56-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-4b83678c28
fedpkg-1.35-1.el7, rpkg-1.56-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-b9c5bded6e
fedpkg-1.35-1.el6, rpkg-1.56-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2018-8d36e5f524
fedpkg-1.35-1.fc28, rpkg-1.56-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-ba8314548a
fedpkg-1.35-1.fc28, rpkg-1.56-1.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
fedpkg-1.35-1.fc27, rpkg-1.56-1.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
fedpkg-1.35-1.el7, rpkg-1.56-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
fedpkg-1.35-1.el6, rpkg-1.56-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.