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On 31/10/12 12:15 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> On 31/10/12 17:39, Alexis Ballier wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:35:41 -0400 Ian Stakenvicius |
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>> <axs@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> On 31/10/12 11:26 AM, Alexis Ballier wrote: |
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>>>> On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:39:44 -0600 Ryan Hill |
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>>>> <dirtyepic@g.o> wrote: [...] |
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>>>>>> The file is pointless if not everyone is using it. I've |
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>>>>>> offered to remove the file before, and I'm reoffering to |
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>>>>>> do so now. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> It's pointy enough for most uses. Let's keep it that way. |
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>>>> I would like to know what are those uses. Here are my |
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>>>> thoughts about changelogs: |
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>>>> We have cvs logs, cvsweb, etc. So what is the value added |
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>>>> from changelogs? Well, those logs are per-file as far as I |
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>>>> know, and since a new version of a package means a new |
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>>>> .ebuild file, keeping track of changes to packages is painful |
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>>>> without a changelog which is global to the whole package. |
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>>>> Even if we have all the needed information in the cvs log, |
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>>>> changelogs for packages are definitely useful. Now for |
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>>>> eclasses the situation is different: I want to know what has |
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>>>> recently changed in foo.eclass, what is the fastest way? |
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>>>> Search through a changelog file with dozens of absolutely |
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>>>> unrelated information, or run cvs log/go to |
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>>>> sources.gentoo.org ? I tend to do the latter and find eclass |
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>>>> changelogs completely useless. |
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>>>> |
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>>> Cool, you do, that's great. This doesn't mean others don't use |
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>>> a different process tho, and since it *IS* there and is |
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>>> *SUPPOSED* to be filled, and it really doesn't hurt to run |
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>>> 'echangelog "${msg}" && cvs ci -m "${msg}"' , why not do it? |
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>> so that others are not encouraged to work sub-optimally :) |
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> |
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> eclass/ handling should go to repoman and the automated ChangeLog |
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> process, should be rather straight forward for knowing person. |
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I agree, that'd make the whole thing easier. But until repoman can |
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commit in eclass/ it shouldn't be that hard to just run echangelog , |
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as "inefficient" as that may be. :) |
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