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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/hachoir-parser: ChangeLog hachoir-parser-1.3.4.ebuild
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:52:45
Message-Id: pan.2010.09.11.23.51.57@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in dev-python/hachoir-parser: ChangeLog hachoir-parser-1.3.4.ebuild by "Petteri Räty"
1 Petteri Räty posted on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:18:32 +0300 as excerpted:
2
3 > On 09/11/2010 11:14 PM, Ryan Hill wrote:
4 >> On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:10:51 +0300
5 >> Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote:
6 >>
7 >>>> +
8 >>>> +*hachoir-parser-1.3.4 (10 Sep 2010)
9 >>>> +
10 >>>> + 10 Sep 2010; Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
11 >>>> <arfrever@g.o>
12 >>>> + -hachoir-parser-1.3.3.ebuild, +hachoir-parser-1.3.4.ebuild:
13 >>>> + Version bump.
14 >>>>
15 >>> Deleting an older version is relevant so it should also be mentioned
16 >>> in the ChangeLog message.
17 >>
18 >> It says -hachoir-parser-1.3.3.ebuild. What exactly do you think would
19 >> be gained by adding "Remove old" in this case?
20 >>
21 > Following your logic we should not write "Version bump" either (as
22 > that's what happens by default when you add a new ebuild).
23
24 You omitted the exception bit of the quote. Let me re-add it:
25
26 >> The only time it's really necessary IMO is when it's the only change
27 >> you're making.
28
29 So if there's other logged changes, yeah, omit "Version bump" as well.
30 It's redundant. But if it's the only change, by his logic, which as a
31 regular changelog reader I agree with, either "Version bump" or "Remove
32 old" should remain so there's at least some human entered message.
33
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