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Francesco Riosa <vivo@g.o> wrote: |
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> Matti Bickel wrote: |
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> > Pawe?? Madej <linux@××××××××.info> wrote: |
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> >> As a common user with ADSL 256kbps all additional data downloaded via |
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> >> rsync causes longer wait for syncing. If I want to see a changelog i |
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> >> go to packages.gentoo.org and read it. As i got Gentoo for about 10 |
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> >> months I don't remember if I read Changelog via bash. |
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> > I strongly disagree. Reading changelogs on the web means browsing for |
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> > them. This is much slower for me than a 'less |
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> > /usr/portage/foo/bar/Changelog'. |
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> > I rather go with ciaranm and tell users to use rsync_exclude if they |
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> > don't want changelogs. Taking away choice without an option is a bad |
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> > thing (tm). |
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> A (rethoric) question: |
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> Do you read every time the whole ChangeLog ? |
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> If not, generally, how much of it ? |
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About 20%. I don't care about changelogs most of the time because |
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diffing the ebuilds is easier and you get more info. |
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However if there's a bug or some major upgrade, i tend to kind of read |
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the thing. For bug# and stuff. |
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Personally it's also interesting who commited a fix. |
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Regards, |
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Matti |
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