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From: "Diego 'Flameeyes' =?iso-8859-1?q?Petten=F2?=" <flameeyes@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically =?iso-8859-1?q?from=09=60cvs?= commit`
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:57:30 +0200
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On Wednesday 17 August 2005 14:36, Grobian wrote:
> =A0From a database point of view, it is evil to duplicate values in an
> automated manner, just use a foreign key for such purposes. =A0In other
> words, avoid duplication. =A0If such bash function is a common tool then
> -- apart from wondering why it isn't part of the default suite -- this
> anti-duplication constraint is being broken massively. =A0I like Mike's
> idea, because it deals with data redundancy and basically uses this
> 'foreign key' for the changelog.
There's a big difference: a database is intended to be used by apps,=20
changelogs and commit logs are intended to be used by humans.
Example? When you go in a forum you don't see the foreign key referring to=
=20
users, to forums, to replies ... you see the actual data.
Same for webpages.
I still find a natural ChangeLog simpler to look at instead of using cvs lo=
g.
=2D-=20
Diego "Flameeyes" Petten=F2
Gentoo Developer - http://dev.gentoo.org/~flameeyes/
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