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From: Seth Chandler <sethbc@g.o>
To: dnellans@×××××××.edu, gentoo-dev@g.o
Cc: avenj@g.o, seemant@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] dev's updating changlogs
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 00:15:35
Message-Id: 200304162015.33277.sethbc@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] dev's updating changlogs by Dave Nellans
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4 this is my package and i added openoffice-bin 1.1_beta which was supposed to
5 be masked, i personally don't comment out things that are supposed to be
6 masked, i made an error and it was ~arch
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8 then i added 1.0.3 which i should have done a changelog for, but i've been
9 really busy with the actual from source version...
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11 the change today was becuase 1.0.3 doesn't print...period
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13 the openoffice guys made a booboo, and i've been working on getting patches
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15 changelogs are key to our development, but i'm going to put most of my effort
16 into the packages, which is IMO where they belong...i'll update the
17 changelogs within a week (after all this printing stuff is sorted out)...
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19 and the 'upgrade downgrade game' is more like the "working version game"
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21 seth
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23 On Wednesday 16 April 2003 20:21, Dave Nellans wrote:
24 > sorry to harp on this but after an emerge sync this afternoon
25 > openoffice-bin wanted to upgrade to 1.1_beta after it has already been
26 > upgraded once, then downgraded to 1.0.3. yet in the Changelog there is
27 > still NO entry past 1.0.2 from late january.
28 >
29 > could devleopers PLEASE follow the procedure and update the changlogs?
30 > while i appriciate the ebuild work, its quite annoying to see major
31 > upgrades like this with zero documentation about it explaining why its
32 > bouncing back and forth between versions...
33 >
34 > sorry for a bit of rant but i think its important to update the
35 > Changelogs so mere users of the package know why they're playing the
36 > upgrade/downgrade game constantly!
37 >
38 > dave
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Re: [gentoo-dev] dev's updating changlogs Dave Nellans <dnellans@×××××××.edu>
Re: [gentoo-dev] dev's updating changlogs Peter Ruskin <aoyu93@×××××××××.com>