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On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> hasufell wrote: |
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>> On 11/02/2015 10:54 PM, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>>>> On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 14:00:18 -0600 |
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>>>> Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>> Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>>>>> Then perhaps all this should have been worked out BEFORE switching |
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>>>>>>> to github? |
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>>>>>> We didn't switch to github. |
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>>>>> Then why are people saying to use git to look at the logs? I don't |
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>>>>> want to use git. |
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>>>> git != github... |
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>>>>> I liked being able to go to the tree and look at the |
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>>>>> change logs when I needed to which is sometimes often. |
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>>>> I think you have a technology comprehension problem here, rather than a |
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>>>> technology problem. The problem is your workflow, not the tools. |
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>>> What I understand is this. The logs since github started being used are |
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>>> no longer updated like they used to be. I realize that git is a command |
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>>> but it seems that git gets its info from github since the logs are no |
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>>> longer downloaded when I sync the tree. |
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>> No. You should really read some tutorials/introductions on git to |
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>> understand how it works and this ML isn't the place for that. It's not |
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>> like SVN, so you don't even need an internet connection for the tree to |
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>> work (e.g. if you've copied it via USB even). Github is totally |
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>> unrelated here. |
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> So you are telling me that people using github and the switch that took |
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> place has absolutely nothing to do with the changelogs going dead? |
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You keep saying GitHub. Github is not relevant to this discussion. |
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Yes, the ChangeLogs stopped being updated because of git. |
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The git transition had been 9 years in the making and has massively |
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improved Gentoo development. Look at the graph of contributions per |
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month: https://www.openhub.net/p/gentoo |
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It was decided that the missing infrastructure for ChangeLogs was not |
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a sufficient reason to block a hugely important change. |
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People care about finishing this, as evidence by this thread. Please |
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stop complaining. |
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