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On 02/23/2016 07:46 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: |
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> On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:14:36 +0100 |
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> Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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> |
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>> See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565566 |
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>> Since we have ChangeLogs again (November) they've been in backwards |
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>> order. Which is not really good - it breaks tools (like emerge |
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>> --changelog) and makes it harder to read for humans. |
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>> As a bonus it's inconsistent because the old Changelog-2015 files are |
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>> in normal order, and the new ones are reversed. Which sense no makes. |
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>> The suggestions in the bug are of great entertainment value, but they |
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>> all avoid the simple idea of generating ChangeLogs in changelog |
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>> (reverse chronological) order. Which would fix all tools and make |
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>> almost every consumer of changelogs happy. |
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>> So, can we please, after over 4 months of stalling, just fix this |
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>> embarassment? |
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>> |
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> As much as I agree with you there, please use proper communication |
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> channels and avoid spamming -dev list for single issues. |
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Proper communication channels have failed for 3+ months, maybe putting a |
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spotlight on things gets things moving. |
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User-visible breakage for half a year is just insane, I have no idea why |
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this is "impossible to fix". |
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Maybe people have gotten used to things being clunky and |
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not-really-working, I don't get used to it and will rub capsaicin in the |
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wounds until situation improves. |
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