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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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> 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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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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