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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:16:08
Message-Id: 20050817021316.6233fda5@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit` by Alec Warner
1 On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:03:21 -0400 Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu>
2 wrote:
3 | Also forcing a Changelog syntax makes portage's -l feature useful,
4 | since it attempts to parse the Changelog to provide sane
5 | entries...but some Changelogs don't seem to be in the correct syntax
6 | that the -l functionality requires. With a changelog standard this
7 | tool will be much more useful.
8
9 There is a standard. It's called "whatever echangelog generates". If
10 everyone used echangelog, nearly all of Mike's original points would be
11 invalid.
12
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