[gnome-software] Generate the NEWS file automatically

[Richard Hughes <rhughes src gnome org>]

commit 56e19e78cc9b7e7107f2a725ecd48205e6d02b54
Author: Richard Hughes <richard hughsie com>
Date:   Tue Feb 3 10:05:02 2015 +0000

    Generate the NEWS file automatically

 Makefile.am                                    |   12 +-
 NEWS                                           |  944 ------------------------
 RELEASE                                        |    3 +-
 configure.ac                                   |    1 +
 data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in |   37 +
 5 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 946 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6f40990..f3a496f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =                                        \
        Makefile.in                                     \
        missing                                         \
        mkinstalldirs                                   \
+       NEWS                                            \
        test-driver
 
 EXTRA_DIST =                                           \
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS =                           \
 distclean-local:
        if test $(srdcir) = .; then :; else \
                rm -f ChangeLog; \
+               rm -f NEWS; \
        fi
 
 ChangeLog:
@@ -62,6 +64,14 @@ ChangeLog:
          echo A git checkout and git-log is required to generate this file >> $@); \
        fi
 
-.PHONY: ChangeLog
+NEWS: data/appdata/*.appdata.xml
+       $(AM_V_GEN) \
+       if test -e $(APPSTREAM_UTIL); then \
+               $(APPSTREAM_UTIL) appdata-to-news $^ > $@; \
+       else \
+               touch $@; \
+       fi
+
+.PHONY: ChangeLog NEWS
 
 -include $(top_srcdir)/git.mk
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index bd32227..4d8c72d 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Released: 2015-xx-xx
 * New Features:
 * Bugfix:
 
-git log --format=" - %s (%an)" GNOME_SOFTWARE_3_15_4.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | uniq > NEWS.new
+git log --format="%s" GNOME_SOFTWARE_3_15_4.. | grep -i -v trivial | grep -v Merge | uniq
+Add any user visible changes into data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
 
 3. Commit changes in gnome-software git:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 12efab0..0804392 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SQLITE, sqlite3)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SOUP, libsoup-2.4)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GSETTINGS_DESKTOP_SCHEMAS, gsettings-desktop-schemas >= 3.11.5)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GNOME_DESKTOP, gnome-desktop-3.0)
+AC_PATH_PROG(APPSTREAM_UTIL, [appstream-util], [unfound])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(man,
               [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-man],
                               [generate man pages [default=auto]])],,
diff --git a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
index 0c94aac..22477c0 100644
--- a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Software.appdata.xml.in
@@ -26,6 +26,43 @@
     <screenshot width="1200" 
height="675">https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/plain/data/appdata/ss-updates.png</screenshot>
     <screenshot width="1200" 
height="675">https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/plain/data/appdata/ss-updates-details.png</screenshot>
   </screenshots>
+  <!--
+   Validate with `appstream-util validate *.appdata.xml`
+   Use `date -d "2010-10-02" "+%s"` to get the timestamp.
+  -->
+  <releases>
+    <release version="3.15.4" timestamp="1421625600">
+      <description>
+        <p>This unstable release adds the following features:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Fix searching with very small search terms</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>This release fixes the following bugs:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Do case-insensitive searching of suitable keywords</li>
+          <li>Fix a crash in the screenshot loader</li>
+          <li>Fix a crash when clicking the back button</li>
+          <li>Fix searching for keyworks with special chars</li>
+          <li>Show an error message when we fail to load details about a local file</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+    <release version="3.15.2" timestamp="1416787200">
+      <description>
+        <p>This unstable release adds the following features:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Show a blurred low-resolution screenshot while loading the HiDPI one</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>This release fixes the following bugs:</p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Do not show a random white line above the star rating widget</li>
+          <li>Do not show empty app boxes if no popular results are available</li>
+          <li>Do not try to download local web-app icons</li>
+          <li>Use blue stars for the user-ratings rather than gold</li>
+        </ul>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+  </releases>
   <url type="homepage">https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Software</url>
   <updatecontact>richard_at_hughsie.com</updatecontact>
   <compulsory_for_desktop>GNOME</compulsory_for_desktop>