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On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:36 +1300 |
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Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 27 October 2011 06:46, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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> > 2) I'd like to suggest that for changelogs that grow beyond a |
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> > certain size (e.g. profiles/ChangeLog) |
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> > the file is "rotated" similar to /var/log logfiles. I.e. the |
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> > current file is renamed with a date extension and a |
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> > new file is started. This has the benefit that the archived file is |
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> > static and will never be retransmitted |
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> > by rsync. |
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> For rotation, an arbitrary line-length offset would not be advisable |
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> in my opinion. It would need to split at a logical place like before |
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> a "release" entry. |
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> As for codifying this, applying software to automate splitting |
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> changelogs in this manner could be initially challenging as I've seen |
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> a few Changelogs with really inconsistent style at the bottom of them. |
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How many really long changelogs do we have now? Maybe we should just |
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split them by hand. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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