Changelog bug format

[Martin Meredith]

The Way I've generally seen it marked up is the following

foo (1.0) dapper; urgency=low

 * Did some stuff (Closes: Malone #2001)

 -- A Developer <dev at ubuntu.com> SomeDate

Which makes sense... I'm not too much of a fan of the ways you've listed
below - I don't see why we should differ that much from debian.

Daniel Silverstone wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are trying to define the format for closing bugs in changelogs
> uploaded to Soyuz. 
> 
> We have a small selection of ideas, some of which are simple, some are
> more complex. I'm presenting them here in no particular order (in fact,
> I randomised the selection in order to not provide any clue as to our
> preferences).
> 
> Option One: Re-use the malone email command interface to close bugs.
> Pros: Information/knowledge share, potential code share
> Cons: The malone email interface isn't ideal for changelogs. Could
> result in a too specific context in the changelog.
> Example:
> foo (1.0) dapper; urgency=low
> 
>  * Did some stuff
>    bug 2001
>    affects /distros/ubuntu/dapper status fix-released
> 
>  -- A Developer <dev at ubuntu.com> SomeDate
> Regexp: N/A (uses malone email parser)
> 
> Option Two: Simple modification of the Debian closes syntax
> Pros: Less change from an established format for changelogs already
> Cons: May be too easy to make a mistake and close a bug in the wrong
> tracker
> Example:
> foo (1.0) dapper; urgency=low
> 
>  * Did some stuff
>  * closes: lpbug #2001
> 
>  -- A Developer <dev at ubuntu.com> SomeDate
> Regexp: closes:\s*lpbug\s*#?\d+
> 
> Option Three: Instructions for launchpad
> Pros: Unlikely to be confused for another format, offers opportunity for
> extension later to things like marking specs as implemented.
> Cons: Slightly more verbiage than option two, not as neat and tidy.
> Introduces yet another language for talking about bugs etc.
> Example:
> foo (1.0) dapper; urgency=low
> 
>  * Did some stuff
>  * launchpad: close bug 2001
> 
>  -- A Developer <dev at ubuntu.com> SomeDate
> Regexp: ^[^A-Za-z0-9]*launchpad:\s*close(\s+bug)?\s+#?\d+
> 
> Obviously we're open to other ideas. Please follow up to this mail with
> a full option as I have above so that we have everything neatly there to
> make a decision.
> Also, if you have strong opinions one way or another about any of those
> then please do make it known.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 


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