[maemo-developers] maemo.org/downloads automatic updates from Extras

[From: Tim Teulings]

Hello!

> Personally, I'd rather downloads.maemo.org used one fixed system and
> it was up to tools like mud to pull out heuristically derived data
> from upstream and coalesce it into the simple format.

This is only an option. If you ask me I would drop the magic and enforce
 the usage of one solutions.

>> However many other formats with same or similar content are possible...

> Indeed. TBH, I wonder whether another header would be sufficient in
> debian/control? We've already got XB-Maemo-Icon, adding
> XBS-Version-Changes or something could be sufficient. Is there any
> need for anything other than the last modification?

I proposed a concept holding history because the original changelog
files have history, too. Of course you are right, for just showing the
latest changes a header is simpler and sufficient.

However the solution is in consequence not (easily) extendable and
possibly useful only for this exact purpose (which is not bad per se).

So: is there any reason to have the history as part of the package, for
example do we plan to be able to browse through the history on the web
page? Why does debian keep history?

-- 
Gruß...
       Tim