Comment 9 for bug 250820

On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 17:31 +0000, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 05:08:30PM -0000, Muharem Hrnjadovic wrote:
> > Hello there!
> >
> > I have made the requested changes (to the code) to make the upload
> > notification emails more readable.
>
> Thanks!
>
> > An example notification email would look as follows:
> >
> > ==============================================
> >
> > Subject: [ubuntu/hoary-security] bar 1.0-2 (Accepted)
> > Body:
> > -> changes file signed by: Foo Bar (<email address hidden>)
> > -> component=universe, section=devel
> >
> > bar (1.0-2) breezy; urgency=low
> >
> > * A second upload to ensure that binary overrides of _all work
> > * Also closes Launchpad bug #6
> >
> > -- Daniel Silverstone <email address hidden> Thu, 30 Mar
> > 2006 01:36:14 +0100
> >
> > ==============================================
>
> Staying close to the changelog format is a good idea, since developers are
> already accustomed to scanning this visually.
>
> > Please note:
> >
> > - the 'X-Launchpad-Component' header is set/sent as requested
>
> Can you show us an example X-Launchpad-Component header?
>
> > - only the most recent stanza from the 'Changes:' section is
> extracted and emailed
>
> To the extent possible, the email should reflect all of the changes
> represented by the upload. As such, I think the full Changes: section
> should be included.

Hello Matt,

including the complete 'Changes:' section in the notification email is
not a problem.

However, I may not have the complete information on each author
mentioned in the 'Changes:' section in which case I will not be able to
present the authors in the format used in Ubuntu changelogs.

> (in fact, it would be even more accurate to extract the relevant stanzas
> from debian/changelog and display that!)

I will look into this.

Best regards

--
Muharem Hrnjadovic <email address hidden>
Canonical Ltd.

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