Automatically populate RPM release and changelog fields

rpmautospec is a program and library used to automatically generate the release and changelog fields in RPM spec files opting to use it.

Contents:

• The Principle of automatic releases and changelog in rpmautospec
• Using rpmautospec
  • Using the %autorelease macro
  • Using the %autochangelog macro
• The %autorelease Macro
  • The contents of the Release field
  • One-off bumping release numbers
  • Examples
  • Traditional versioning with part of the upstream version information in the release field
• The %autochangelog Macro
  • Changelog entries generated from commit messages
  • Skipping changelog entries
• Peculiarities of rpmautospec
  • Known constraints
  • Rebuilding a package with no changes
  • Information about rpmautospec use in a built package
• Installing rpmautospec
  • Installing the Python Library