[Bug 254552] Re: PPA Changelog not displayed

[anatoly techtonik]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 253119 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253119

It might have better chances to be integrated if submitted as pull
request.

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Title:
  PPA Changelog not displayed

Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  With the increasing use of PPAs to test and evaluate improvements and
  bug-fixes it is important that when an update is offered the user
  knows the version, changes, and source of the package.

  Currently update-manager doesn't display a changelog for packages from
  PPA archives.  This is mainly because there is no changelog repository
  in the same style as there is for 'official' packages, at

  http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/

  I have added code to UpdateManager.py that, when a changelog isn't
  found in the official changelog repository, checks if the package is
  from a PPA and if it is, fetches the changelog entry from the PPA
  archive front-page. It does some simple and effective page-scraping to
  extract the changelog and passes it back for displaying. It adds a
  note to the bottom of the changelog giving the source of the package,
  e.g:

  Version 0.5.0-1ubuntu1~ppa1h:

    * Packaged for Ubuntu

  (from PPA intuitivenipple -
  https://launchpad.net/~intuitivenipple/+archive)

  I'm publishing update-manager 1:0.87.31~ppa1 in my PPA with this
  functionality enabled for anyone that wants to try it. It is available
  for Gutsy and Hardy. A version for Intrepid will be available once the
  repositories have got all the dependencies.

  Later I'll add a debdiff to this report.

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