On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
>
>> So we come back to the problem being *CVS* not ChangeLog rules.
>
> Well of course we can just tell everyone "go look it up on sources.gentoo.org".
> However, this is a different discussion.
>

sources.gentoo.org is a much worse (and slower) solution than cvs log.
The main advantage of a ChangeLog (and of git) is that it allows you
to check the history locally, without needing access to the network.

>> All this is such a massive waste of time. Can't we just expend this
>> energy on the move to git?
>
[snip]
> We're not talking about future plans here but about the current situation.
> And about how to deal with it.
>

The current situation is:

(a) Not dire.
(b) Not urgent.

And if we decide, hey, let's move to git instead of having this
discussion, the current situation is also:

(c) A waste of everyone's time.

So no, future plans are not independent of the current situation, and
a move to git *is* a way to deal with the current situation.

In effect, we kill (at least) two birds with one stone and prevent a
lot of argument and bad blood.

-- 
~Nirbheek Chauhan

Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team