From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1EtSrH-0007xe-QW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:48:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k02GkCpm024348; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:46:12 GMT Received: from server8324611272.serverpool.info (unimatrix-01.org [83.246.112.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k02Gi4D7018704 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 16:44:05 GMT Received: (qmail 11945 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2006 16:45:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pluto.atHome) (kabel@cat0.de@cat0.de@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Jan 2006 16:45:27 -0000 Received: by pluto.atHome (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:45:26 +0100 Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:45:26 +0100 From: Matti Bickel To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ChangeLogs and rsync time Message-ID: <20060102164526.GB6819@pluto.atHome> References: <43B83D16.6060803@gentoo.org> <20060101225519.1f3bec72@snowdrop.home> <43B8F44D.4080806@gentoo.org> <43B9042B.2050802@quanteam.info> <20060102150025.GA6819@pluto.atHome> <43B956DC.9060402@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43B956DC.9060402@gentoo.org> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 57cb710b-a759-4efd-8d98-1d60095faca0 X-Archives-Hash: 4b7d4e08f4a89723fc2ad6672ac3d2eb --lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Francesco Riosa wrote: > Matti Bickel wrote: > > Pawe?? Madej wrote: > >> As a common user with ADSL 256kbps all additional data downloaded via > >> rsync causes longer wait for syncing. If I want to see a changelog i > >> go to packages.gentoo.org and read it. As i got Gentoo for about 10 > >> months I don't remember if I read Changelog via bash. > >=20 > > I strongly disagree. Reading changelogs on the web means browsing for > > them. This is much slower for me than a 'less > > /usr/portage/foo/bar/Changelog'. > >=20 > > I rather go with ciaranm and tell users to use rsync_exclude if they > > don't want changelogs. Taking away choice without an option is a bad > > thing (tm). >=20 > A (rethoric) question: > Do you read every time the whole ChangeLog ? > If not, generally, how much of it ? About 20%. I don't care about changelogs most of the time because diffing the ebuilds is easier and you get more info. However if there's a bug or some major upgrade, i tend to kind of read the thing. For bug# and stuff. Personally it's also interesting who commited a fix. Regards, Matti --=20 --lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDuVimfNMcoUhJ7GwRAjxrAKCdpi9RG1p780tFAZ11B9b9OqRP9wCfRPL9 p5Mfjzi29D0hiUMwIJTAU5E= =fSDk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lEGEL1/lMxI0MVQ2-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list