Helpful utility to generate package changelog between two cloud images

Install from snap store

This release is also available for download and install from the snap store @ https://snapcraft.io/ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog

sudo snap install ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog

This is a strict snap as recommended for most snaps, see https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-confinement for more details.

Install from PyPi

pip install ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog

ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog generate --from-manifest manifest1.manifest --to-manifest manifest2.manifest --from-series focal --to-series focal

If Packages in manifest are known to have been installed from this PPA then you can pass one of more PPAs to ubuntu-cloud-image-changelog for the changelog for those packages to be included in the output.

--ppa

Expected format is '%LAUNCHPAD_USERNAME%/%PPA_NAME%' eg. philroche/cloud-init

--highlight-cves

Highlight the CVEs referenced in each individual changelog entry

--output-json changelog.json

Output changelog to local changelog.json file

--output-json-pretty

Pretty print JSON output with 4 character indentation. --output-json must also be used for this to take affect.

• There are opportunities to improve performance by parallelizing the source package changelog queries and parsing.
• Refactor the generate function as it is way too long and complex.
• Add tests for the generate function.