Comment 5 for bug 45129
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| Steve Lemke (steve-lemkeville) wrote Re: update-manager should have per-package changelog locations (was: uses changelogs.ubuntu.com for all packages) | #5 |
> FYI, aptitude pulls the correct changelog.
Not for me, it doesn't. I just tried it (hit "C" when pointing to my own package on my own private hosted repository), and got a big red dialog that says "You can only view changelogs of official Ubuntu packages."
I often get questions from people who install my (in-house) packages asking "how do I know what's changed in a new update of your package?". I HAVE changelogs, but they are not available in the Ubuntu Update Manager. It would be really nice if someone could fix the fact that not every (privately-built and/or hosted) package changelog can be found (or expected to live) at changelogs.
The changelogs should ALSO be looked for in the SAME repository where the package in question was found.
Granted, I could see where some of this might need to be addressed "upstream" in the debian world, but we're not using debian, we're using Ubuntu and the Update Manager, and we'd like it to display changes from non-Ubuntu-hosted changes.
--Steve