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From: Lance Albertson <lance@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-scm@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-scm] Re: [gentoo-dev] Progress on cvs->git migration
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:08:37
Message-Id: 4E542E79.804@osuosl.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-scm] Re: [gentoo-dev] Progress on cvs->git migration by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On 08/23/2011 02:26 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 03:33:29PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 >> On Monday, August 22, 2011 15:28:57 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
4 >>> Unresolved items:
5 >>
6 >> did we settle on the changelog autogeneration method ?
7 > No.
8 >
9 > My personal opinion on it is that the ChangeLog isn't auto-generated
10 > because it's NOT the same as the commit messages. The commit messages
11 > are detailed technical info about a commit, while the ChangeLog is a
12 > short version.
13 >
14 > If we want to enforce the changelog being the shortlog output, that's
15 > doable as long as all devs actually use it.
16
17 1+
18
19 I think using the shortlog output is the sane solution otherwise you're
20 just replicating what you do in the commit.
21
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23 Lance Albertson
24 Systems Administrator / Architect Open Source Lab
25 Information Services Oregon State University

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Re: [gentoo-scm] Re: [gentoo-dev] Progress on cvs->git migration Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>