[gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: package.mask

[Ryan Hill]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:31:03 +0100
Benedikt Böhm <hollow@g.o> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 01:56:52AM +0100, Friedrich Oslage wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Benedikt Boehm (hollow) schrieb:
> > > hollow      09/01/10 21:41:41
> > >
> > >   Modified:             package.mask
> > >   Log:
> > >   mask sys-apps/baselayout-vserver for removal
> > >
> > > Revision  Changes    Path
> > > 1.9378               profiles/package.mask
> > >
> > > file :
> > > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask?rev=1.9378&view=markup
> > > plain:
> > > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask?rev=1.9378&content-type=text/plain
> > > diff :
> > > http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask?r1=1.9377&r2=1.9378
> > >
> > > Index: package.mask
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.9377
> > > retrieving revision 1.9378
> > > diff -u -r1.9377 -r1.9378
> > > --- package.mask	10 Jan 2009 17:17:32 -0000	1.9377
> > > +++ package.mask	10 Jan 2009 21:41:41 -0000	1.9378
> > > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> > >  ####################################################################
> > > -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask,v
> > > 1.9377 2009/01/10 17:17:32 ulm Exp $ +#
> > > $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask,v 1.9378
> > > 2009/01/10 21:41:41 hollow Exp $ # # When you add an entry to the
> > > top of this file, add your name, the date, and # an explanation
> > > of why something is getting masked. Please be extremely @@ -31,6
> > > +31,11 @@
> > >  #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
> > >
> > > +# Benedikt Böhm <hollow@g.o> (10 Jan 2009)
> > > +# baselayout-vserver is unmaintained and obsoleted by
> > > +# baselayout-2/openrc. please upgrade. removal in 30 days.
> > > +sys-apps/baselayout-vserver
> > > +
> > >  # Rémi Cardona <remi@g.o> (09 Jan 2009)
> > >  # old virtual left from the transition from monolithic
> > >  # to modular X. Use x11-libs/libXft directly
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > This is bad, because:
> >
> > - - you forgot the ChangeLog entry
>
> `cvs log` is the changelog, i don't see why i should add a changelog
> entry.

for the same reason packages have ChangeLogs.  cvs logs don't come
with the tree.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/45198

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