XML ChangeLog Format

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Long ago in a galaxy far, far away... Alain Penders wrote the following:

<changelog>
  <file name=3D"gaim-0.57.ebuild">
    <entry date=3D"2002-06-12" time=3D"14:32:45" by=3D"alain">
      New ebuild for gaim 0.57.
    </entry>
    <entry date=3D"2002-06-20" time=3D"10:12:23" by=3D"alain">
      Fixed sed options.
    </entry>
    ...
  </file>
  ...
</changelog>


Not to resurrect an old flame war, but I believe that a repo-side XML
changelog format is necessary. Some "Features" I see are
 * No text editing of XML changelogs - Adequate tools will be supplied.
If you have to edit it by hand, the tool isn't adequate, and needs
updating.
 * XML changelogs exist in repositories only, and possibly are made
available to porteus. Any changelog presented to a user should be in
human-readable (which XML is not) plaintext format.

Nall has suggested having a field for both bugs and security advisories
fixed, which I agree with. This, going off Alain's original idea would
look something like this:

<changelog>
  <file name=3D"gaim-0.57.ebuild">
    <entry date=3D"2002-06-12" time=3D"14:32:45" by=3D"alain" bugs=3D"10254
1238" sas=3D"I-don't-know-the-format">
      New ebuild for gaim 0.57.
    </entry>
    <entry date=3D"2002-06-20" time=3D"10:12:23" by=3D"alain" bugs=3D"1242"=
>
      Fixed sed options.
    </entry>
    ...
  </file>
  ...
</changelog>


So I'd enjoy it thoroughly if someone(s) well versed in XML did the
following things:

* Object to anything that doesn't make sense
* Correct anything stupid I've overlooked
* Ponder timezone issues, then make them go away
* Create a DTD

Once (if) this is done, I can spec out and create a tool for repoteus to
manage them fairly quickly.

Thanks,
Graham

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