Changelog parser - "linking to versions"

[Arseny]

Hi,

What does "link to versions" mean in the description of the changelog parser project? In my mind, this could be a visual indicator showing that the parser understands what package version relates to a given heading in the changelog file, and that this package version is published and can be used in a Dart/Flutter project. Maybe there could also be a button to copy the corresponding package name and version to the clipboard, for use in pubspec.yaml - just like the existing button that copies the line of text corresponding to the latest version of the package (eg "meta: ^1.7.0" ).

[Jonas Jensen]

Ideally, parsing the CHANGELOG means parsing into a structure like:

changelog.json

{

  entries: [

    {

      version: "1.2.3",

      description: "<markdown text from changelog>",

    },

     ...

  ],

}

Presenting this in the UI on pub.dev is more of a stretch goal.

But building a parser, probably using package:markdown is a bit hard.

Especially since many packages use different markdown patterns for writing their CHANGELOG.md file.

[Arseny]

Yep, that makes sense. Could you please review my draft proposal that I submitted 2 days ago? I hope I got the sharing settings right - my proposal is the one with a Google doc, a sheet and a GitHub gist in the description/summary, although the doc tells you everything you need to know.