next changelogs and ppa uploads

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday, September 22, 2014 13:41:32 Harald Sitter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> 
wrote:
> > On Monday, September 22, 2014 12:12:36 Harald Sitter wrote:
> >> I'd like to propose that *all* ppa uploads of next workspace get a
> >> changelog entry.
> >> 
> >> objections?
> >> 
> >> in fact, what are everyone's thoughts on doing this on general
> >> principle and have a script to then compress ppa entries into one
> >> version when/if it gets uploaded to the archive?
> >> 
> >> right now its an outright mess as one has to check a notes page or
> >> ultimately the ppa to find out what ~ppa version is the latest of a
> >> given package, having multiple ppas where things could be doesn't
> >> really help either.
> > 
> > Let's see the script that compresses the changelog entries first.  A PPA
> > upload changelog ought to be uploadable to the archive once the ~ppaX is
> > removed.
> Let's make a decision before we have someone waste their life on it, shall
> we?

OK.  Since next workspace is PPA only for some time, I think it's reasonable 
if there's a script up to when we do the first uploads to the archive, then I 
think we should do it like other packages where the debian/changelog entries 
are pre-compacted.

Scott K