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On 19:56 Wed 03 Aug , Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> On 03-08-2011 10:43:10 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > On 22:16 Mon 01 Aug , Fabian Groffen wrote: |
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> > > Auto generation of ChangeLogs, implies changes, and also influences |
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> > > how current ChangeLog information is to be handled. What if |
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> > > auto-generation is done, what does it take? |
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> > For the purposes of a council meeting, I think we should construct a |
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> > small set of specific proposals to choose from so we don't get mired in |
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> > endless discussions during the meeting. |
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> > I'd like to offer a couple of them for us to choose between. |
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> > 1. Include all commits, don't retroactively change existing ChangeLog |
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> > messages |
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> > 2. Allow commit filtering, don't retroactively change existing ChangeLog |
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> > messages |
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> > |
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> > - Filters to allow: keywording, stabilization, removal of ebuilds. |
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> > Whoever implements the code can decide on the format of said filters. |
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> > Do any council members feel strongly that we should include additional |
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> > options, or is it good enough to just make a choice on these two? |
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> I listed the questions I think are relevant at the bottom of my mail. I |
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> feel you forgot the most important one: should ChangeLogs be |
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> auto-generated at all?. Only if yes, |
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Yeah, that's already on my draft agenda [1]. =) But we should still have |
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a small set of options to choose from if we do vote to automate, so we |
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don't sit around for another month or discuss it aimlessly for hours. |
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Being prepared is what I'm hoping we can do here. |
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> I have the impression that any detail on how and what can only be |
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> dealt with after it is clear what the majority of the council members |
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> lean towards. E.g. useless to list and discuss a big variety of |
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> filters if there is no support for allowing them at all. |
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1. http://dev.gentoo.org/~dberkholz/20110809_agenda.txt |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Council Member / Sr. Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.com |
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