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From: Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] Add an emaint module that can scan for failed merges and that can fix failed merges.
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:38:02
Message-Id: 20140418123741.4f26885c.dolsen@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] Add an emaint module that can scan for failed merges and that can fix failed merges. by Pavel Kazakov
1 On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:26:13 -0700
2 Pavel Kazakov <nullishzero@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 04/11/2014 04:03 PM, Brian Dolbec wrote:
5 > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:05:09 -0700
6 > > Pavel Kazakov <nullishzero@g.o> wrote:
7 > >
8 > >> On 03/31/2014 12:00 AM, Alexander Berntsen wrote:
9 > >>> On 31/03/14 04:06, Brian Dolbec wrote:
10 > >>>> It all looked really good to me. {:-D
11 > >>> Yep.
12 > >>>
13 > >>> Please update the commit messages to follow DEVELOPING though.
14 > >>>
15 > >>
16 > >> Sure. How are the following updates?
17 > >>
18 > >> For the first patch, I'll remove the second message line so the
19 > >> message is only:
20 > >> Move -MERGING- string to a constant
21 > >>
22 > >>
23 > >
24 > > No, there is never suppose to be more than a blank line for the
25 > > second line. Then for lines 3+ fill your boots :)
26 > >
27 > > the idea is to have one short descriptive line, followed by a blank
28 > > line, then as many detail lines as needed.
29 > >
30 > > So, in this case dropping out the whitespace changes is minor, but
31 > > still relevant. so it should be kept on line 3.
32 > >
33 > >
34 > >> For the second patch, I'll update the message to:
35 > >> Add emaint module that handles failed merges
36 > >>
37 > >> The emaint module can scan for failed merges and fix any failed
38 > >> merges found. The emaint module also keeps track of failed merges
39 > >> using a tracking file.
40 > >>
41 > >> Regards,
42 > >> Pavel
43 > >>
44 > >
45 > > I was thinking more along the lines of:
46 > >
47 > > New emaint module: Merges
48 > >
49 > > This emaint module scans for failed package merges and will display
50 > > or fix any failed packages found.
51 > > This module also saves failed merges found using a tracking file.
52 > > Subsequent runs of the module will re-load that info for re-display,
53 > > re-emerge of those packages.
54 > >
55 > >
56 >
57 > Both suggestions look good to me. Should I update the commit messages,
58 > merge to master, and push?
59 >
60 > Regards,
61 > Pavel
62 >
63
64 update the messages, but hold off pushing them to master until I get
65 2.2.11 released. I had intended ot have done that already, but Zac saw
66 a problem in one bugfix I committed, so will wait for that so I don't
67 introduce another bug.
68
69 --
70 Brian Dolbec <dolsen>