monitor nodemanager branch 1.8
[build.git] / module-tools.py
index db72e18..37ed751 100755 (executable)
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ def default_editor():
         editor = "emacs"
     return editor
 
+### fold long lines
+fold_length=132
+
+def print_fold (line):
+    while len(line) >= fold_length:
+        print line[:fold_length],'\\'
+        line=line[fold_length:]
+    print line
+
 class Command:
     def __init__ (self,command,options):
         self.command=command
@@ -62,12 +71,18 @@ class Command:
         self.tmp="/tmp/command-%d"%os.getpid()
 
     def run (self):
+        if self.options.dry_run:
+            print 'dry_run',self.command
+            return 0
         if self.options.verbose and self.options.mode not in Main.silent_modes:
             print '+',self.command
             sys.stdout.flush()
         return os.system(self.command)
 
     def run_silent (self):
+        if self.options.dry_run:
+            print 'dry_run',self.command
+            return 0
         if self.options.verbose:
             print '+',self.command,' .. ',
             sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -87,6 +102,9 @@ class Command:
 
     # returns stdout, like bash's $(mycommand)
     def output_of (self,with_stderr=False):
+        if self.options.dry_run:
+            print 'dry_run',self.command
+            return 'dry_run output'
         tmp="/tmp/status-%d"%os.getpid()
         if self.options.debug:
             print '+',self.command,' .. ',
@@ -120,9 +138,11 @@ class Svnpath:
         command="svn status %s"%self.path
         return len(Command(command,self.options).output_of(True)) != 0
 
+# support for tagged module is minimal, and is for the Build class only
 class Module:
 
     svn_magic_line="--This line, and those below, will be ignored--"
+    setting_tag_format = "Setting tag %s"
     
     redirectors=[ # ('module_name_varname','name'),
                   ('module_version_varname','version'),
@@ -150,7 +170,10 @@ class Module:
 
 
     # for parsing module spec name:branch
-    matcher_branch_spec=re.compile("\A(?P<name>[\w-]+):(?P<branch>[\w\.-]+)\Z")
+    matcher_branch_spec=re.compile("\A(?P<name>[\w\.-]+):(?P<branch>[\w\.-]+)\Z")
+    # special form for tagged module - for Build
+    matcher_tag_spec=re.compile("\A(?P<name>[\w-]+)@(?P<tagname>[\w\.-]+)\Z")
+    # parsing specfiles
     matcher_rpm_define=re.compile("%(define|global)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S*)\s*")
 
     def __init__ (self,module_spec,options):
@@ -160,26 +183,34 @@ class Module:
             self.name=attempt.group('name')
             self.branch=attempt.group('branch')
         else:
-            self.name=module_spec
-            self.branch=None
+            attempt=Module.matcher_tag_spec.match(module_spec)
+            if attempt:
+                self.name=attempt.group('name')
+                self.tagname=attempt.group('tagname')
+            else:
+                self.name=module_spec
 
         self.options=options
-        self.moddir="%s/%s"%(options.workdir,self.name)
+        self.module_dir="%s/%s"%(options.workdir,self.name)
 
     def friendly_name (self):
-        if not self.branch:
-            return self.name
-        else:
+        if hasattr(self,'branch'):
             return "%s:%s"%(self.name,self.branch)
+        elif hasattr(self,'tagname'):
+            return "%s@%s"%(self.name,self.tagname)
+        else:
+            return self.name
 
     def edge_dir (self):
-        if not self.branch:
-            return "%s/trunk"%(self.moddir)
+        if hasattr(self,'branch'):
+            return "%s/branches/%s"%(self.module_dir,self.branch)
+        elif hasattr(self,'tagname'):
+            return "%s/tags/%s"%(self.module_dir,self.tagname)
         else:
-            return "%s/branches/%s"%(self.moddir,self.branch)
+            return "%s/trunk"%(self.module_dir)
 
     def tags_dir (self):
-        return "%s/tags"%(self.moddir)
+        return "%s/tags"%(self.module_dir)
 
     def run (self,command):
         return Command(command,self.options).run()
@@ -201,6 +232,84 @@ class Module:
             if prompt(question,True):
                 self.run(command)            
 
+    ####################
+    # store and restitute html fragments
+    @staticmethod 
+    def html_href (url,text): return '<a href="%s">%s</a>'%(url,text)
+    @staticmethod 
+    def html_anchor (url,text): return '<a name="%s">%s</a>'%(url,text)
+    # there must be some smarter means to do that - dirty for now
+    @staticmethod
+    def html_quote (text):
+        return text.replace('&','&#38;').replace('<','&lt;').replace('>','&gt;')
+
+    # only the fake error module has multiple titles
+    def html_store_title (self, title):
+        if not hasattr(self,'titles'): self.titles=[]
+        self.titles.append(title)
+    def html_store_raw (self, html):
+        if not hasattr(self,'body'): self.body=''
+        self.body += html
+    def html_store_pre (self, text):
+        if not hasattr(self,'body'): self.body=''
+        self.body += '<pre>' + self.html_quote(text) + '</pre>'
+
+    def html_print (self, txt):
+        if not self.options.www:
+            print txt
+        else:
+            if not hasattr(self,'in_list') or not self.in_list:
+                self.html_store_raw('<ul>')
+                self.in_list=True
+            self.html_store_raw('<li>'+txt+'</li>')
+    def html_print_end (self):
+        if self.options.www:
+            self.html_store_raw ('</ul>')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def html_dump_header(title):
+        nowdate=time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        nowtime=time.strftime("%H:%M")
+        print """
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
+<head>
+<title> %s </title>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+<style type="text/css">
+body { font-family:georgia, serif; }
+h1 {font-size: large; }
+p.title {font-size: x-large; }
+span.error {text-weight:bold; color: red; }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<p class='title'> %s - status on %s at %s</p>
+<ul>
+"""%(title,title,nowdate,nowtime)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def html_dump_middle():
+        print "</ul>"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def html_dump_footer():
+        print "</body></html"
+
+    def html_dump_toc(self):
+        if hasattr(self,'titles'):
+            for title in self.titles:
+                print '<li>',self.html_href ('#'+self.friendly_name(),title),'</li>'
+
+    def html_dump_body(self):
+        if hasattr(self,'titles'):
+            for title in self.titles:
+                print '<hr /><h1>',self.html_anchor(self.friendly_name(),title),'</h1>'
+        if hasattr(self,'body'):
+            print self.body
+            print '<p class="top">',self.html_href('#','Back to top'),'</p>'
+
+    ####################
     @staticmethod
     def init_homedir (options):
         topdir=options.workdir
@@ -221,7 +330,7 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
             Module.prompt_config()
             print "Checking ...",
             Command("svn co -N %s %s"%(Module.config['svnpath'],topdir),options).run_fatal()
-            Command("svn co -N %s/%s %s/%s"%(Module.config['svnpath'],
+            Command("svn co %s/%s %s/%s"%(Module.config['svnpath'],
                                              Module.config['build'],
                                              topdir,
                                              Module.config['build']),options).run_fatal()
@@ -247,19 +356,21 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
             for (key,message,default) in Module.configKeys:
                 print '\t',key,'=',Module.config[key]
 
-    def init_moddir (self):
+    def init_module_dir (self):
         if self.options.verbose:
-            print 'Checking for',self.moddir
-        if not os.path.isdir (self.moddir):
-            self.run_fatal("svn up -N %s"%self.moddir)
-        if not os.path.isdir (self.moddir):
-            raise Exception, 'Cannot find %s - check module name'%self.moddir
+            print 'Checking for',self.module_dir
+        if not os.path.isdir (self.module_dir):
+            self.run_fatal("svn update -N %s"%self.module_dir)
+        if not os.path.isdir (self.module_dir):
+            raise Exception, 'Cannot find %s - check module name'%self.module_dir
 
-    def init_subdir (self,fullpath):
+    def init_subdir (self,fullpath, deep=False):
         if self.options.verbose:
             print 'Checking for',fullpath
+        opt=""
+        if not deep: opt="-N"
         if not os.path.isdir (fullpath):
-            self.run_fatal("svn up -N %s"%fullpath)
+            self.run_fatal("svn update %s %s"%(opt,fullpath))
 
     def revert_subdir (self,fullpath):
         if self.options.fast_checks:
@@ -276,13 +387,15 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
             return
         if self.options.verbose:
             print 'Updating',fullpath
-        self.run_fatal("svn update -N %s"%fullpath)
+        self.run_fatal("svn update %s"%fullpath)
 
     def init_edge_dir (self):
         # if branch, edge_dir is two steps down
-        if self.branch:
-            self.init_subdir("%s/branches"%self.moddir)
-        self.init_subdir(self.edge_dir())
+        if hasattr(self,'branch'):
+            self.init_subdir("%s/branches"%self.module_dir,deep=False)
+        elif hasattr(self,'tagname'):
+            self.init_subdir("%s/tags"%self.module_dir,deep=False)
+        self.init_subdir(self.edge_dir(),deep=True)
 
     def revert_edge_dir (self):
         self.revert_subdir(self.edge_dir())
@@ -294,14 +407,21 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
         attempt="%s/%s.spec"%(self.edge_dir(),self.name)
         if os.path.isfile (attempt):
             return attempt
-        else:
-            try:
-                return glob("%s/*.spec"%self.edge_dir())[0]
-            except:
-                raise Exception, 'Cannot guess specfile for module %s'%self.name
+        pattern1="%s/*.spec"%self.edge_dir()
+        level1=glob(pattern1)
+        if level1:
+            return level1[0]
+        pattern2="%s/*/*.spec"%self.edge_dir()
+        level2=glob(pattern2)
+        if level2:
+            return level2[0]
+        raise Exception, 'Cannot guess specfile for module %s -- patterns were %s or %s'%(self.name,pattern1,pattern2)
 
     def all_specnames (self):
-        return glob("%s/*.spec"%self.edge_dir())
+        level1=glob("%s/*.spec"%self.edge_dir())
+        if level1: return level1
+        level2=glob("%s/*/*.spec"%self.edge_dir())
+        return level2
 
     def parse_spec (self, specfile, varnames):
         if self.options.verbose:
@@ -377,21 +497,27 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
             new.close()
             os.rename(newspecfile,specfile)
 
+    # returns all lines until the magic line
     def unignored_lines (self, logfile):
         result=[]
-        exclude="Tagging module %s"%self.name
         white_line_matcher = re.compile("\A\s*\Z")
         for logline in file(logfile).readlines():
             if logline.strip() == Module.svn_magic_line:
                 break
-            if logline.find(exclude) >= 0:
-                continue
             elif white_line_matcher.match(logline):
                 continue
             else:
                 result.append(logline.strip()+'\n')
         return result
 
+    # creates a copy of the input with only the unignored lines
+    def stripped_magic_line_filename (self, filein, fileout ,new_tag_name):
+       f=file(fileout,'w')
+       f.write(self.setting_tag_format%new_tag_name + '\n')
+       for line in self.unignored_lines(filein):
+           f.write(line)
+       f.close()
+
     def insert_changelog (self, logfile, oldtag, newtag):
         for specfile in self.all_specnames():
             newspecfile=specfile+".new"
@@ -424,17 +550,20 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
         return "%s/%s"%(Module.config['svnpath'],self.name)
 
     def edge_url (self):
-        if not self.branch:
-            return "%s/trunk"%(self.mod_url())
-        else:
+        if hasattr(self,'branch'):
             return "%s/branches/%s"%(self.mod_url(),self.branch)
+        elif hasattr(self,'tagname'):
+            return "%s/tags/%s"%(self.mod_url(),self.tagname)
+        else:
+            return "%s/trunk"%(self.mod_url())
+
+    def last_tag (self, spec_dict):
+        return "%s-%s"%(spec_dict[self.module_version_varname],spec_dict[self.module_taglevel_varname])
 
     def tag_name (self, spec_dict):
         try:
-            return "%s-%s-%s"%(#spec_dict[self.module_name_varname],
-                self.name,
-                spec_dict[self.module_version_varname],
-                spec_dict[self.module_taglevel_varname])
+            return "%s-%s"%(self.name,
+                            self.last_tag(spec_dict))
         except KeyError,err:
             raise Exception, 'Something is wrong with module %s, cannot determine %s - exiting'%(self.name,err)
 
@@ -469,23 +598,26 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
 
 ##############################
     def do_version (self):
-        self.init_moddir()
+        self.init_module_dir()
         self.init_edge_dir()
         self.revert_edge_dir()
         self.update_edge_dir()
         spec_dict = self.spec_dict()
+        if self.options.www:
+            self.html_store_title('Version for module %s (%s)' % (self.friendly_name(),self.last_tag(spec_dict)))
         for varname in self.varnames:
             if not spec_dict.has_key(varname):
-                print 'Could not find %%define for %s'%varname
+                self.html_print ('Could not find %%define for %s'%varname)
                 return
             else:
-                print "%-16s %s"%(varname,spec_dict[varname])
+                self.html_print ("%-16s %s"%(varname,spec_dict[varname]))
         if self.options.show_urls:
-            print "%-16s %s"%('edge url',self.edge_url())
-            print "%-16s %s"%('latest tag url',self.tag_url(spec_dict))
+            self.html_print ("%-16s %s"%('edge url',self.edge_url()))
+            self.html_print ("%-16s %s"%('latest tag url',self.tag_url(spec_dict)))
         if self.options.verbose:
-            print "%-16s %s"%('main specfile:',self.main_specname())
-            print "%-16s %s"%('specfiles:',self.all_specnames())
+            self.html_print ("%-16s %s"%('main specfile:',self.main_specname()))
+            self.html_print ("%-16s %s"%('specfiles:',self.all_specnames()))
+        self.html_print_end()
 
 ##############################
     def do_list (self):
@@ -499,7 +631,7 @@ that for other purposes than tagging"""%topdir
 
         extra_command=""
         extra_message=""
-        if self.branch:
+        if hasattr(self,'branch'):
             pattern=self.branch
         if pattern or exact:
             if exact:
@@ -542,7 +674,7 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
             if not prompt('Want to proceed anyway'):
                 return
 
-        self.init_moddir()
+        self.init_module_dir()
         self.init_edge_dir()
         self.revert_edge_dir()
         self.update_edge_dir()
@@ -563,7 +695,7 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
 
 ##############################
     def do_diff (self,compute_only=False):
-        self.init_moddir()
+        self.init_module_dir()
         self.init_edge_dir()
         self.revert_edge_dir()
         self.update_edge_dir()
@@ -587,8 +719,18 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
             if diff_output:
                 print self.name
         else:
-            if not self.options.only or diff_output:
-                print 'x'*30,'module',self.friendly_name()
+            thename=self.friendly_name()
+            do_print=False
+            if self.options.www and diff_output:
+                self.html_store_title("Diffs in module %s (%s) : %d chars"%(\
+                        thename,self.last_tag(spec_dict),len(diff_output)))
+                link=self.html_href(tag_url,tag_url)
+                self.html_store_raw ('<p> &lt; (left) %s </p>'%link)
+                link=self.html_href(edge_url,edge_url)
+                self.html_store_raw ('<p> &gt; (right) %s </p>'%link)
+                self.html_store_pre (diff_output)
+            elif not self.options.www:
+                print 'x'*30,'module',thename
                 print 'x'*20,'<',tag_url
                 print 'x'*20,'>',edge_url
                 print diff_output
@@ -617,14 +759,16 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
         # brute-force : change uncommented lines that define <module>-SVNPATH
         else:
             if self.options.verbose:
-                print 'Setting %s-SVNPATH for using %s\n\tin %s .. '%(self.name,newname,tagsfile),
-            pattern="\A\s*%s-SVNPATH\s*(=|:=)\s*(?P<url_main>[^\s]+)/%s/[^\s]+"\
-                                          %(self.name,self.name)
+                print 'Searching for -SVNPATH lines referring to /%s/\n\tin %s .. '%(self.name,tagsfile),
+            pattern="\A\s*(?P<make_name>[^\s]+)-SVNPATH\s*(=|:=)\s*(?P<url_main>[^\s]+)/%s/[^\s]+"\
+                                          %(self.name)
             matcher_module=re.compile(pattern)
             for line in tags.readlines():
                 attempt=matcher_module.match(line)
                 if attempt:
-                    svnpath="%s-SVNPATH"%self.name
+                    svnpath="%s-SVNPATH"%(attempt.group('make_name'))
+                    if self.options.verbose:
+                        print ' '+svnpath, 
                     replacement = "%-32s:= %s/%s/tags/%s\n"%(svnpath,attempt.group('url_main'),self.name,newname)
                     new.write(replacement)
                     matches += 1
@@ -637,7 +781,7 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
         return matches
 
     def do_tag (self):
-        self.init_moddir()
+        self.init_module_dir()
         self.init_edge_dir()
         self.revert_edge_dir()
         self.update_edge_dir()
@@ -669,7 +813,7 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
         diff_output=Command("svn diff %s %s"%(old_tag_url,edge_url),
                             self.options).output_of()
         if len(diff_output) == 0:
-            if not prompt ("No difference in trunk for module %s, want to tag anyway"%self.name,False):
+            if not prompt ("No pending difference in module %s, want to tag anyway"%self.name,False):
                 return
 
         # side effect in trunk's specfile
@@ -679,12 +823,14 @@ The module-sync function has the following limitations
         # we use the standard subversion magic string (see svn_magic_line)
         # so we can provide useful information, such as version numbers and diff
         # in the same file
-        changelog="/tmp/%s-%d.txt"%(self.name,os.getpid())
-        file(changelog,"w").write("""Tagging module %s - %s
-
+        changelog="/tmp/%s-%d.edit"%(self.name,os.getpid())
+        changelog_svn="/tmp/%s-%d.svn"%(self.name,os.getpid())
+        setting_tag_line=Module.setting_tag_format%new_tag_name
+        file(changelog,"w").write("""
+%s
 %s
 Please write a changelog for this new tag in the section above
-"""%(self.name,new_tag_name,Module.svn_magic_line))
+"""%(Module.svn_magic_line,setting_tag_line))
 
         if not self.options.verbose or prompt('Want to see diffs while writing changelog',True):
             file(changelog,"a").write('DIFF=========\n' + diff_output)
@@ -694,6 +840,9 @@ Please write a changelog for this new tag in the section above
 
         # edit it        
         self.run("%s %s"%(self.options.editor,changelog))
+        # strip magic line in second file - looks like svn has changed its magic line with 1.6
+        # so we do the job ourselves
+        self.stripped_magic_line_filename(changelog,changelog_svn,new_tag_name)
         # insert changelog in spec
         if self.options.changelog:
             self.insert_changelog (changelog,old_tag_name,new_tag_name)
@@ -706,7 +855,7 @@ Please write a changelog for this new tag in the section above
         if self.options.build_branch:
             buildname+=":"+self.options.build_branch
         build = Module(buildname,self.options)
-        build.init_moddir()
+        build.init_module_dir()
         build.init_edge_dir()
         build.revert_edge_dir()
         build.update_edge_dir()
@@ -714,14 +863,16 @@ Please write a changelog for this new tag in the section above
         tagsfiles=glob(build.edge_dir()+"/*-tags*.mk")
         tagsdict=dict( [ (x,'todo') for x in tagsfiles ] )
         default_answer = 'y'
+        tagsfiles.sort()
         while True:
-            for (tagsfile,status) in tagsdict.iteritems():
+            for tagsfile in tagsfiles:
+                status=tagsdict[tagsfile]
                 basename=os.path.basename(tagsfile)
                 print ".................... Dealing with %s"%basename
                 while tagsdict[tagsfile] == 'todo' :
                     choice = prompt ("insert %s in %s    "%(new_tag_name,basename),default_answer,
                                      [ ('y','es'), ('n', 'ext'), ('f','orce'), 
-                                       ('d','iff'), ('r','evert'), ('h','elp') ] ,
+                                       ('d','iff'), ('r','evert'), ('c', 'at'), ('h','elp') ] ,
                                      allow_outside=True)
                     if choice == 'y':
                         self.patch_tags_file(tagsfile,old_tag_name,new_tag_name,fine_grain=True)
@@ -734,16 +885,19 @@ Please write a changelog for this new tag in the section above
                         self.run("svn diff %s"%tagsfile)
                     elif choice == 'r':
                         self.run("svn revert %s"%tagsfile)
+                    elif choice == 'c':
+                        self.run("cat %s"%tagsfile)
                     else:
                         name=self.name
                         print """y: change %(name)s-SVNPATH only if it currently refers to %(old_tag_name)s
-f: unconditionnally change any line setting %(name)s-SVNPATH to using %(new_tag_name)s
+f: unconditionnally change any line that assigns %(name)s-SVNPATH to using %(new_tag_name)s
 d: show current diff for this tag file
 r: revert that tag file
+c: cat the current tag file
 n: move to next file"""%locals()
 
             if prompt("Want to review changes on tags files",False):
-                tagsdict = dict ( [ (x, 'todo') for tagsfile in tagsfiles ] )
+                tagsdict = dict ( [ (x, 'todo') for x in tagsfiles ] )
                 default_answer='d'
             else:
                 break
@@ -751,14 +905,15 @@ n: move to next file"""%locals()
         paths=""
         paths += self.edge_dir() + " "
         paths += build.edge_dir() + " "
-        self.run_prompt("Review trunk and build","svn diff " + paths)
-        self.run_prompt("Commit trunk and build","svn commit --file %s %s"%(changelog,paths))
-        self.run_prompt("Create tag","svn copy --file %s %s %s"%(changelog,edge_url,new_tag_url))
+        self.run_prompt("Review module and build","svn diff " + paths)
+        self.run_prompt("Commit module and build","svn commit --file %s %s"%(changelog_svn,paths))
+        self.run_prompt("Create tag","svn copy --file %s %s %s"%(changelog_svn,edge_url,new_tag_url))
 
         if self.options.debug:
-            print 'Preserving',changelog
+            print 'Preserving',changelog,'and stripped',changelog_svn
         else:
             os.unlink(changelog)
+            os.unlink(changelog_svn)
             
 ##############################
     def do_branch (self):
@@ -767,9 +922,11 @@ n: move to next file"""%locals()
         # do this before anything else and restore .branch to None, 
         # as this is part of the class's logic
         new_trunk_name=None
-        if self.branch:
+        if hasattr(self,'branch'):
             new_trunk_name=self.branch
-            self.branch=None
+            del self.branch
+        elif self.options.new_version:
+            new_trunk_name = self.options.new_version
 
         # compute diff - a way to initialize the whole stuff
         # do_diff already does edge_dir initialization
@@ -832,51 +989,287 @@ will be based on latest tag %s and *not* on the current trunk"""%(self.name,bran
         f.write("Branch %s for module %s created (as new trunk) from tag %s\n"%(new_trunk_name,self.name,latest_tag_name))
         f.close()
 
-        # we're done, let's commit the stuff
+        # review the renumbering changes in trunk
         command="svn diff %s"%self.edge_dir()
-        self.run_prompt("Review changes in trunk",command)
-        command="svn copy --file %s %s %s"%(tmp,self.edge_url(),branch_url)
+        self.run_prompt("Review (renumbering) changes in trunk",command)
+        # create branch
+        command="svn copy --file %s %s %s"%(tmp,tag_url,branch_url)
         self.run_prompt("Create branch",command)
+        # commit trunk
         command="svn commit --file %s %s"%(tmp,self.edge_dir())
         self.run_prompt("Commit trunk",command)
+        # create initial tag for the new trunk
         new_tag_url=self.tag_url(spec_dict)
-        command="svn copy --file %s %s %s"%(tmp,self.edge_url(),new_tag_url)
+        command="svn copy --file %s %s %s"%(tmp,tag_url,new_tag_url)
         self.run_prompt("Create initial tag in trunk",command)
         os.unlink(tmp)
+        # print message about SVNBRANCH
+        print """You might now wish to review your tags files
+Please make sure you mention as appropriate 
+%s-SVNBRANCH := %s""" %(self.name,branch_name)
+
+##############################
+class Package:
+
+    def __init__(self, package, module, svnpath, spec):
+        self.package=package
+        self.module=module
+        self.svnpath=svnpath
+        self.spec=spec
+        self.specpath="%s/%s"%(svnpath,spec)
+        self.basename=os.path.basename(svnpath)
+
+    # returns a http URL to the trac path where full diff can be viewed (between self and pkg)
+    # typically http://svn.planet-lab.org/changeset?old_path=Monitor%2Ftags%2FMonitor-1.0-7&new_path=Monitor%2Ftags%2FMonitor-1.0-13
+    # xxx quick & dirty: rough url parsing 
+    def trac_full_diff (self, pkg):
+        matcher=re.compile("\A(?P<method>.*)://(?P<hostname>[^/]+)/(svn/)?(?P<path>.*)\Z")
+        self_match=matcher.match(self.svnpath)
+        pkg_match=matcher.match(pkg.svnpath)
+        if self_match and pkg_match:
+            (method,hostname,svn,path)=self_match.groups()
+            self_path=path.replace("/","%2F")
+            pkg_path=pkg_match.group('path').replace("/","%2F")
+            return "%s://%s/changeset?old_path=%s&new_path=%s"%(method,hostname,self_path,pkg_path)
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def details (self):
+        return "[%s %s] [%s (spec)]"%(self.svnpath,self.basename,self.specpath)
+
+class Build (Module):
+    
+    # we cannot get build's svnpath as for other packages as we'd get something in svn+ssh
+    # xxx quick & dirty
+    def __init__ (self, buildtag,options):
+        self.buildtag=buildtag
+        # if the buildtag start with a : (to use a branch rather than a tag)
+        if buildtag.find(':') == 0 : 
+            module_name="build%(buildtag)s"%locals()
+            self.display=buildtag[1:]
+            self.svnpath="http://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/build/branches/%s"%self.display
+        else : 
+            module_name="build@%(buildtag)s"%locals()
+            self.display=buildtag
+            self.svnpath="http://svn.planet-lab.org/svn/build/tags/%s"%self.buildtag
+        Module.__init__(self,module_name,options)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_distro_from_distrotag (distrotag):
+        # mhh: remove -tag* from distrotags to get distro
+        n=distrotag.find('-tag')
+        if n>0:
+            return distrotag[:n]
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def get_packages (self,distrotag):
+        result={}
+        distro=Build.get_distro_from_distrotag(distrotag)
+        if not distro:
+            return result
+        make_options="--no-print-directory -C %s stage1=true PLDISTRO=%s PLDISTROTAGS=%s 2> /dev/null"%(self.edge_dir(),distro,distrotag)
+        command="make %s packages"%make_options
+        make_packages=Command(command,self.options).output_of()
+        pkg_line=re.compile("\Apackage=(?P<package>[^\s]+)\s+ref_module=(?P<module>[^\s]+)\s.*\Z")
+        for line in make_packages.split("\n"):
+            if not line:
+                continue
+            attempt=pkg_line.match(line)
+            if line and not attempt:
+                print "====="
+                print "WARNING: line not understood from make packages"
+                print "in dir %s"%self.edge_dir
+                print "with options",make_options
+                print 'line=',line
+                print "====="
+            else:
+                (package,module) = (attempt.group('package'),attempt.group('module')) 
+                command="make %s +%s-SVNPATH"%(make_options,module)
+                svnpath=Command(command,self.options).output_of().strip()
+                command="make %s +%s-SPEC"%(make_options,package)
+                spec=Command(command,self.options).output_of().strip()
+                result[package]=Package(package,module,svnpath,spec)
+        return result
+
+    def get_distrotags (self):
+        return [os.path.basename(p) for p in glob("%s/*tags*mk"%self.edge_dir())]
+
+class DiffCache:
+
+    def __init__ (self):
+        self._cache={}
+
+    def key(self, frompath,topath):
+        return frompath+'-to-'+topath
+
+    def fetch (self, frompath, topath):
+        key=self.key(frompath,topath)
+        if not self._cache.has_key(key):
+            return None
+        return self._cache[key]
+
+    def store (self, frompath, topath, diff):
+        key=self.key(frompath,topath)
+        self._cache[key]=diff
+
+class Release:
+
+    # header in diff output
+    discard_matcher=re.compile("\A(\+\+\+|---).*")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def do_changelog (buildtag_new,buildtag_old,options):
+        print "----"
+        print "----"
+        print "----"
+        (build_new,build_old) = (Build (buildtag_new,options), Build (buildtag_old,options))
+        print "= build tag %s to %s = #build-%s"%(build_old.display,build_new.display,build_new.display)
+        for b in (build_new,build_old):
+            b.init_module_dir()
+            b.init_edge_dir()
+            b.update_edge_dir()
+        # find out the tags files that are common, unless option was specified
+        if options.distrotags:
+            distrotags=options.distrotags
+        else:
+            distrotags_new=build_new.get_distrotags()
+            distrotags_old=build_old.get_distrotags()
+            distrotags = list(set(distrotags_new).intersection(set(distrotags_old)))
+            distrotags.sort()
+        if options.verbose: print "Found distrotags",distrotags
+        first_distrotag=True
+        diffcache = DiffCache()
+        for distrotag in distrotags:
+            distro=Build.get_distro_from_distrotag(distrotag)
+            if not distro:
+                continue
+            if first_distrotag:
+                first_distrotag=False
+            else:
+                print '----'
+            print '== distro %s (%s to %s) == #distro-%s-%s'%(distrotag,build_old.display,build_new.display,distro,build_new.display)
+            print ' * from %s/%s'%(build_old.svnpath,distrotag)
+            print ' * to %s/%s'%(build_new.svnpath,distrotag)
+
+            # parse make packages
+            packages_new=build_new.get_packages(distrotag)
+            pnames_new=set(packages_new.keys())
+            if options.verbose: print 'got packages for ',build_new.display
+            packages_old=build_old.get_packages(distrotag)
+            pnames_old=set(packages_old.keys())
+            if options.verbose: print 'got packages for ',build_old.display
+
+            # get created, deprecated, and preserved package names
+            pnames_created = list(pnames_new-pnames_old)
+            pnames_created.sort()
+            pnames_deprecated = list(pnames_old-pnames_new)
+            pnames_deprecated.sort()
+            pnames = list(pnames_new.intersection(pnames_old))
+            pnames.sort()
+
+            if options.verbose: print "Found new/deprecated/preserved pnames",pnames_new,pnames_deprecated,pnames
+
+            # display created and deprecated 
+            for name in pnames_created:
+                print '=== %s : new package %s -- appeared in %s === #package-%s-%s-%s'%(
+                    distrotag,name,build_new.display,name,distro,build_new.display)
+                pobj=packages_new[name]
+                print ' * %s'%pobj.details()
+            for name in pnames_deprecated:
+                print '=== %s : package %s -- deprecated, last occurrence in %s === #package-%s-%s-%s'%(
+                    distrotag,name,build_old.display,name,distro,build_new.display)
+                pobj=packages_old[name]
+                if not pobj.svnpath:
+                    print ' * codebase stored in CVS, specfile is %s'%pobj.spec
+                else:
+                    print ' * %s'%pobj.details()
+
+            # display other packages
+            for name in pnames:
+                (pobj_new,pobj_old)=(packages_new[name],packages_old[name])
+                if options.verbose: print "Dealing with package",name
+                if pobj_old.specpath == pobj_new.specpath:
+                    continue
+                specdiff = diffcache.fetch(pobj_old.specpath,pobj_new.specpath)
+                if specdiff is None:
+                    command="svn diff %s %s"%(pobj_old.specpath,pobj_new.specpath)
+                    specdiff=Command(command,options).output_of()
+                    diffcache.store(pobj_old.specpath,pobj_new.specpath,specdiff)
+                else:
+                    if options.verbose: print 'got diff from cache'
+                if not specdiff:
+                    continue
+                print '=== %s - %s to %s : package %s === #package-%s-%s-%s'%(
+                    distrotag,build_old.display,build_new.display,name,name,distro,build_new.display)
+                print ' * from %s to %s'%(pobj_old.details(),pobj_new.details())
+                trac_diff_url=pobj_old.trac_full_diff(pobj_new)
+                if trac_diff_url:
+                    print ' * [%s View full diff]'%trac_diff_url
+                print '{{{'
+                for line in specdiff.split('\n'):
+                    if not line:
+                        continue
+                    if Release.discard_matcher.match(line):
+                        continue
+                    if line[0] in ['@']:
+                        print '----------'
+                    elif line[0] in ['+','-']:
+                        print_fold(line)
+                print '}}}'
 
 ##############################
 class Main:
 
-    usage="""Usage: %prog options module_desc [ .. module_desc ]
-Purpose:
-  manage subversion tags and specfile
-  requires the specfile to define *version* and *taglevel*
+    module_usage="""Usage: %prog [options] module_desc [ .. module_desc ]
+Revision: $Revision$
+
+module-tools : a set of tools to manage subversion tags and specfile
+  requires the specfile to either
+  * define *version* and *taglevel*
   OR alternatively 
-  redirection variables module_version_varname / module_taglevel_varname
+  * define redirection variables module_version_varname / module_taglevel_varname
 Trunk:
   by default, the trunk of modules is taken into account
   in this case, just mention the module name as <module_desc>
 Branches:
   if you wish to work on a branch rather than on the trunk, 
   you can use something like e.g. Mom:2.1 as <module_desc>
-More help:
-  see http://svn.planet-lab.org/wiki/ModuleTools
 """
+    release_usage="""Usage: %prog [options] tag1 .. tagn
+  Extract release notes from the changes in specfiles between several build tags, latest first
+  Examples:
+      release-changelog 4.2-rc25 4.2-rc24 4.2-rc23 4.2-rc22
+  You can refer to a (build) branch by prepending a colon, like in
+      release-changelog :4.2 4.2-rc25
+"""
+    common_usage="""More help:
+  see http://svn.planet-lab.org/wiki/ModuleTools"""
 
     modes={ 
         'list' : "displays a list of available tags or branches",
         'version' : "check latest specfile and print out details",
-        'diff' : "show difference between trunk and latest tag",
+        'diff' : "show difference between module (trunk or branch) and latest tag",
         'tag'  : """increment taglevel in specfile, insert changelog in specfile,
                 create new tag and and monitor its adoption in build/*-tags*.mk""",
         'branch' : """create a branch for this module, from the latest tag on the trunk, 
                   and change trunk's version number to reflect the new branch name;
                   you can specify the new branch name by using module:branch""",
-        'sync' : """create a tag from the trunk
+        'sync' : """create a tag from the module
                 this is a last resort option, mostly for repairs""",
+        'changelog' : """extract changelog between build tags
+                expected arguments are a list of tags""",
         }
 
     silent_modes = ['list']
+    release_modes = ['changelog']
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def optparse_list (option, opt, value, parser):
+        try:
+            setattr(parser.values,option.dest,getattr(parser.values,option.dest)+value.split())
+        except:
+            setattr(parser.values,option.dest,value.split())
 
     def run(self):
 
@@ -887,12 +1280,18 @@ More help:
                 break
         if not mode:
             print "Unsupported command",sys.argv[0]
+            print "Supported commands:" + Modes.modes.keys.join(" ")
             sys.exit(1)
 
-        Main.usage += "\nmodule-%s : %s"%(mode,Main.modes[mode])
-        all_modules=os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])+"/modules.list"
+        if mode not in Main.release_modes:
+            usage = Main.module_usage
+            usage += Main.common_usage
+            usage += "\nmodule-%s : %s"%(mode,Main.modes[mode])
+        else:
+            usage = Main.release_usage
+            usage += Main.common_usage
 
-        parser=OptionParser(usage=Main.usage,version=subversion_id)
+        parser=OptionParser(usage=usage,version=subversion_id)
         
         if mode == 'list':
             parser.add_option("-b","--branches",action="store_true",dest="list_branches",default=False,
@@ -917,9 +1316,9 @@ More help:
         if mode == "sync" :
             parser.add_option("-m","--message", action="store", dest="message", default=None,
                               help="specify log message")
-        if mode == "diff" :
-            parser.add_option("-o","--only", action="store_true", dest="only", default=False,
-                              help="report diff only for modules that exhibit differences")
+        if mode in ["diff","version"] :
+            parser.add_option("-W","--www", action="store", dest="www", default=False,
+                              help="export diff in html format, e.g. -W trunk")
         if mode == "diff" :
             parser.add_option("-l","--list", action="store_true", dest="list", default=False,
                               help="just list modules that exhibit differences")
@@ -928,48 +1327,107 @@ More help:
             parser.add_option("-u","--url", action="store_true", dest="show_urls", default=False,
                               help="display URLs")
             
-        # default verbosity depending on function - temp
-        parser.add_option("-a","--all",action="store_true",dest="all_modules",default=False,
-                          help="run on all modules as found in %s"%all_modules)
-        verbose_default=False
-        if mode in ['tag','sync'] : verbose_default = True
-        parser.add_option("-v","--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=verbose_default, 
-                          help="run in verbose mode")
-        if mode not in ['version','list']:
-            parser.add_option("-q","--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose", 
-                              help="run in quiet (non-verbose) mode")
+        default_modules_list=os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])+"/modules.list"
+        if mode not in Main.release_modes:
+            parser.add_option("-a","--all",action="store_true",dest="all_modules",default=False,
+                              help="run on all modules as found in %s"%default_modules_list)
+            parser.add_option("-f","--file",action="store",dest="modules_list",default=None,
+                              help="run on all modules found in specified file")
+        else:
+            parser.add_option("-n","--dry-run",action="store_true",dest="dry_run",default=False,
+                              help="dry run - shell commands are only displayed")
+            parser.add_option("-t","--distrotags",action="callback",callback=Main.optparse_list, dest="distrotags",
+                              default=[], nargs=1,type="string",
+                              help="""specify distro-tags files, e.g. onelab-tags-4.2.mk
+-- can be set multiple times, or use quotes""")
+
         parser.add_option("-w","--workdir", action="store", dest="workdir", 
                           default="%s/%s"%(os.getenv("HOME"),"modules"),
                           help="""name for dedicated working dir - defaults to ~/modules
 ** THIS MUST NOT ** be your usual working directory""")
-        parser.add_option("-f","--fast-checks",action="store_true",dest="fast_checks",default=False,
+        parser.add_option("-F","--fast-checks",action="store_true",dest="fast_checks",default=False,
                           help="skip safety checks, such as svn updates -- use with care")
-        parser.add_option("-d","--debug", action="store_true", dest="debug", default=False, 
-                          help="debug mode - mostly more verbose")
+
+        # default verbosity depending on function - temp
+        verbose_modes= ['tag', 'sync', 'branch']
+        
+        if mode not in verbose_modes:
+            parser.add_option("-v","--verbose", action="store_true", dest="verbose", default=False, 
+                              help="run in verbose mode")
+        else:
+            parser.add_option("-q","--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose", default=True,
+                              help="run in quiet (non-verbose) mode")
+#        parser.add_option("-d","--debug", action="store_true", dest="debug", default=False, 
+#                          help="debug mode - mostly more verbose")
         (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
         options.mode=mode
-
-        if len(args) == 0:
-            if options.all_modules:
-                args=Command("grep -v '#' %s"%all_modules,options).output_of().split()
-            else:
+        if not hasattr(options,'dry_run'):
+            options.dry_run=False
+        if not hasattr(options,'www'):
+            options.www=False
+        options.debug=False
+
+        ########## release-*
+        if mode in Main.release_modes :
+            ########## changelog
+            if len(args) <= 1:
                 parser.print_help()
                 sys.exit(1)
-        Module.init_homedir(options)
-        for modname in args:
-            module=Module(modname,options)
-            if len(args)>1 and mode not in Main.silent_modes:
-                print '========================================',module.friendly_name()
-            # call the method called do_<mode>
-            method=Module.__dict__["do_%s"%mode]
-            try:
-                method(module)
-            except Exception,e:
-                print 'Skipping failed %s: '%modname,e
-
+            Module.init_homedir(options)
+            for n in range(len(args)-1):
+                [t_new,t_old]=args[n:n+2]
+                Release.do_changelog (t_new,t_old,options)
+        else:
+            ########## module-*
+            if len(args) == 0:
+                if options.all_modules:
+                    options.modules_list=default_modules_list
+                if options.modules_list:
+                    args=Command("grep -v '#' %s"%options.modules_list,options).output_of().split()
+                else:
+                    parser.print_help()
+                    sys.exit(1)
+            Module.init_homedir(options)
+
+            # 2 passes for www output
+            modules=[ Module(modname,options) for modname in args ]
+            # hack: create a dummy Module to store errors/warnings
+            error_module = Module('__errors__',options)
+
+            # pass 1 : do it, except if options.www
+            for module in modules:
+                if len(args)>1 and mode not in Main.silent_modes and not options.www:
+                    print '========================================',module.friendly_name()
+                # call the method called do_<mode>
+                method=Module.__dict__["do_%s"%mode]
+                try:
+                    method(module)
+                except Exception,e:
+                    if options.www:
+                        title='<span class="error"> Skipping module %s - failure: %s </span>'%\
+                            (module.friendly_name(), str(e))
+                        error_module.html_store_title(title)
+                    else:
+                        print 'Skipping module %s: '%modname,e
+
+            # in which case we do the actual printing in the second pass
+            if options.www:
+                if mode == "diff":
+                    modetitle="Changes to tag in %s"%options.www
+                elif mode == "version":
+                    modetitle="Latest tags in %s"%options.www
+                modules.append(error_module)
+                error_module.html_dump_header(modetitle)
+                for module in modules:
+                    module.html_dump_toc()
+                Module.html_dump_middle()
+                for module in modules:
+                    module.html_dump_body()
+                Module.html_dump_footer()
+
+####################
 if __name__ == "__main__" :
     try:
         Main().run()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print '\nBye'
-