Bug#582038: qa.debian.org: [PTS] Please link to UbuntuDiff
On 18/05/2010 09:52, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On 18/05/10 at 09:04 +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
>> PS as we already have some ubuntu information in the PTS, I'm copying
>> Lucas which IIRC contributed that other information: can you please
>> you two check that there is no overlapping in having both links?
>
> I'm not entirely convinced by the approach. What value does it add *on
> the PTS* compared to what is already available in the Ubuntu box?
> Wouldn't it be better to work with Ubuntu on a better patches.u.c?
Well… I'not convinced by the current approach :) For me, it's way simpler
to read some lines of a changelog containing exactly the information I'm
looking for, instead of digging into a big patch with a lot of noise.
Honestly, I consider the current "patches for …" link near to useless. I
think that maintainers (at least, me) don't want to waste too much time to
know important changes done in Ubuntu. The current "Ubuntu" box tell me
(in a readable and quick way) only the Ubuntu version, but doesn't list
the changes. It provides a patch, but I won't read every debdiff patch for
every package I want to inspect because it's a PITA. IMO, "UbuntuDiff"
answers that need. I also have in mind to add¹ some features like: a
simple patch viewer, list of packages in Ubuntu and not in Debian, etc…
Actually, it would be nice if we had a PTS for derivatives where changes
can be shown directly like in:
http://ubuntudiff.debian.net/linux-ntfs.html
You may argue then that it's not our job to do that and Ubuntu should
provide its own interface for that and I would agree. But, as a
maintainer, I don't want to special case Ubuntu² and I would love to have
a central place where I can see changes done in my packages in Debian
derivatives.
¹: Any help is welcome if you {want to speed up the process, are interested}.
²: no, the source code of UbuntuDiff is not Ubuntu specific.
Regards,
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