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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: package.mask
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:15:43
Message-Id: b41005390806231115s4f7f1f84v2d92829f178a1134@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: package.mask by Peter Weller
1 2008/6/22 Peter Weller <welp@g.o>:
2 > On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 15:49 +0200, Alin Nstac wrote:
3 >> Peter Volkov wrote:
4 >> > ÷ óÂÔ, 21/06/2008 × 10:56 +0200, Albert Zeyer ÐÉÛÅÔ:
5 >> >
6 >> >> Perhaps install a script which automatically takes the CVS comment when
7 >> >> some of these files is changed and adds this comment automatically to
8 >> >> the ChangeLog?
9 >> >>
10 >> >
11 >> > Some days ago Diego (flameeyes) suggested to write script which will
12 >> > abort commit in case ChangeLog is not filled. Taking into account a
13 >> > number (about 1 commit per day(!)) of developers who forgive to use
14 >> > echangelog I think this is the only way to go if we want that
15 >> > ChangeLog's to be useful...
16 >> >
17 >> >
18 >> How about fixing the right problem instead forcing devs to complete yet
19 >> another step?
20 >> The right way of fixing that is by creating changelogs automatically,
21 >> based on cvs commit comments.
22 >>
23 > Possibly by making it a part of the whole repoman commit process? I'm
24 > pretty sure I've mentioned this in a council meeting:
25 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20080508-summary.txt
26 > (Check the 'New Topics' -> 'When are ChangeLog entries required?'
27 > summary)
28
29 The portage team is always open for repoman improvements ;)
30
31 >
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35 >