edit_changelog.py


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#!/usr/bin/python
# edit_changelog.py

from time import strftime
from debian_bundle.changelog import Changelog, Version

author = 'Johannes Ranke <jranke@uni-bremen.de>'

chlg = "debian/changelog"
content = file(chlg).read()
changelog = Changelog(content)
newVersion = changelog.upstream_version()  + "-" + changelog.debian_version()  + "~cran.1"

changelog.new_block(package=changelog.package(),
                    version=Version(newVersion),
                    distributions='etch-backports',
                    urgency='low',
                    author=author,
                    date=strftime("%a, %e %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"),
                    )

changelog.add_change('');
changelog.add_change('  * Backport to etch for repository on CRAN');
changelog.add_change('');

file(chlg,"w").write(str(changelog))