Bug 485480 - Group packages with identical release notes
Summary: Group packages with identical release notes
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: Updates (offline) (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2024-04-13 10:34 UTC by Cristian Le
Modified: 2024-05-03 12:22 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Cristian Le 2024-04-13 10:34:36 UTC
SUMMARY

This might be backend dependent, but for Fedora system updates, the release notes are duplicated, e.g. from the `mypkg-lib` and `mypkg-devel`. This is even more prominent when the full KDE framework is updated and and scrolling through the release notes becomes unfeasible

PROPOSAL

Group the packages that share release notes, either due to being from the same rpm spec file's changelog, or due to belonging to the same Bohdi update. I believe discover is using the latter?

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: F40 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-04-13 14:24:51 UTC
I'm not sure if it's feasible for us to do this, but if it is, I agree it would be a nice improvement.
Comment 2 Harald Sitter 2024-05-03 12:22:45 UTC
I don't think we know where the changelog is actually coming from, nor where the update is coming from. Packagekit just gives us a list of packages that can be updated and update notes. 

On paper deduplication based on text seems like a reasonable idea but I fear that will have complications in practice. e.g. comparing all release notes potentially takes a long time. Also, what if unrelated packages have the same note e.g. 'update to latest release'.

Probably not worth the trouble unfortunately.