From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.9 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24, DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN,DMARC_NONE,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from goodyea-pc1.ces.clemson.edu ([130.127.222.79] helo=g2.ces.clemson.edu) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 160oc1-00057y-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2001 11:36:45 -0700 Received: by g2.ces.clemson.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AD1426871F; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:36:27 -0500 (EST) From: Grant Goodyear To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] changelogs Message-ID: <20011105133627.A2540@g2.ces.clemson.edu> References: <20011105123120.5d5cae99.jnelson@jamponi.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011105123120.5d5cae99.jnelson@jamponi.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Reply-To: goodyea@clemson.edu List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Nov 5 11:37:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:36:27 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: 1226c5c4-5748-4bc4-a805-974fe2d068fc X-Archives-Hash: 80b9974119e01cfed2a4bd8f83c9821d > One thing I find I miss in gentoo from other distros is a > changelog > of what is different from ebuild to ebuild. Debian, I think, > has this down pat, although rpm is capable of it as well. > > After (or perhaps as part of) an emerge rsync, I'd like to know > what is new, what has been removed, and the *human reasoning* > behind those decisions. > > IE, > > foo-1.0 removed -- superceced by foo-1.1 > > bar-5.3 added -- changes from bar-5.2 include: > "blah blah blah blah, > and blah > and more blah > We tried to fix this bug, and that bug. > Added optional USE support for hammer and nail capability" In lieu of anything more formal, there's always cvsweb, which is the method I generally use. Also, it's useful for developers to be subscribed to gentoo-cvs. -g2boojum- -- ___________________________________________________________________ | Grant Goodyear | The Secrets of Physics: | | Dept. of Chemistry - Clemson U |1. Add zero. | | Clemson, SC 29634 |2. Multiply by one. | |-------------------------------------|3. Expand in a Taylor series| |e-mail: goodyea@clemson.edu |4. Integrate by parts. | |www:bernacchi.chem.uh.edu/~grant |5. Fourier transform. | | |6. Add auxiliary variables | |_____________________________________|____________________________|