From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:43:41 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: The Branch attribute is gone.
X-Git-Tag: 2.0~48
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=40fc36901474c9040abb551590d3a7540e2ca04f;p=freecode-submit.git

The Branch attribute is gone.
---

diff --git a/freshmeat-submit b/freshmeat-submit
index f393582..b0d1fa6 100755
--- a/freshmeat-submit
+++ b/freshmeat-submit
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ class FreshmeatSession:
 
 freshmeat_field_map = (
     ("Project",          "p", "project_name"),
-    ("Branch",           "b", "branch_name"),
     ("Version",          "v", "version"),
-    ("Changes",          "c", "changes"),
-    ("Release-Focus",    "r", "release_focus"),
+    ("Changes",          "c", "changelog"),
     ("Hide",             "x", "hide_from_frontpage"),
     ("License",          "l", "license"),
     ("Home-Page-URL",    "H", "url_homepage"),
diff --git a/freshmeat-submit.xml b/freshmeat-submit.xml
index 2ac3a07..f5c5e27 100644
--- a/freshmeat-submit.xml
+++ b/freshmeat-submit.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ email-message-like data block on standard input, or from command-line
 flags. Values set with command-line flags override those collected
 from standard input, which in turn override those collected from
 binary package files. The accumulated data is entered into the
-freshmeat database via its XML-RPC interface.</para>
+freshmeat database via its API.</para>
 
 <para>A few flags control the operation of
 <application>freshmeat-submit</application> itself.</para>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ freshmeat database via its XML-RPC interface.</para>
 <term>-d</term>
 <listitem>
 <para>Delete the specified release rather than submitting it.  With
-this option, all data other than Project, Branch, and Release are
+this option, all data other than Project and Release are
 ignored.</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ ship it.</para>
 <varlistentry>
 <term>-V</term>
 <listitem>
-<para>Enable verbose debugging of the XML-RPC transaction.  This
+<para>Enable verbose debugging of the transaction.  This
 option is mainly for developers.</para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ corresponding command-line switches:</para>
 </entry>
 </row>
 
-<row>
-<entry>Branch:</entry>           <entry>-</entry>
-<entry>-b</entry><entry>--branch</entry>
-<entry>
-<para>Name of project branch to operate on; defaults to &ldquo;Default
-branch&rdquo;</para>
-</entry>
-</row>
-
 <row>
 <entry>Version:</entry>	         <entry>VERSION</entry>
 <entry>-v</entry><entry>--version</entry>
@@ -354,6 +345,14 @@ field; the other required fields (including, most notably, the Changes
 field) will be mined out of the RPM.</para>
 </refsect1>
 
+<refsect1><title>WARNING</title>
+<para>Since this program was first written, Freshmeat has changed its
+data API significantly. While we have attempted to maintain backward
+compatibility, the data model has changed in significant ways.</para>
+
+<para>There is no longer a Branch attribute.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
 <refsect1><title>FILES</title>
 
 <variablelist>