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It would be nice if we never have to leave the repoview or package kit page to find out what's actually being changed. From Systemd: Would be nice if the issues were listed with description so you don't have to cut and paste each one. What's in the "New upstream release"? systemd-26-1.fc15.x86_64 [555 KiB] Changelog by Lennart Poettering (2011-04-30): - New upstream release - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699394 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698198 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698674 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699114 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699128 From Firefox: I think that's obvious from the version number. Would be nice to have more info, or even a link. Better info so the person viewing the description in Package kit has an idea if they want to upgrade now or wait. firefox-4.0.1-1.fc15.x86_64 [16.7 MiB] Changelog by Christopher Aillon (2011-04-28): - Update to 4.0.1 From mutter: great! so what #700276, and where do I find that? mutter-3.0.1-3.fc15.i686 [1.0 MiB] Changelog by Matthias Clasen (2011-04-29): - Actually apply the patch for #700276
Ideally, the point for user-useful update information is the update information, not the package changelog. It has standardized formats for bug numbers/fixes, for example.
Closing this - 'distribution' really isn't the right place for this. For individual packages with bad changelogs, please use bugs against the individual components. For attempting to set a standard for changelogs, please see the Fedora Pacakging Committee at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FPC