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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: package.mask
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:24:41 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090115042441.GA556@hermes> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <496B23ED.2060002@allenjb.me.uk>

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On 11:05 Mon 12 Jan     , AllenJB wrote:
> In my opinion the cvs commit log and the ChangeLog serve 2 different  
> purposes. The cvs log is for developers while the ChangeLog is for  
> users. While the cvs log will likely just want to explain what change  
> was made, the ChangeLog should explain why it was made.

So if you want to know both, you need to look in 2 places? That doesn't 
seem very nice to me. Also in a distributed VCS, we'd want to generate 
ChangeLogs from the commit logs to avoid all kinds of annoying conflict 
resolution and remove redundant information.

> PS. I know about index2.xml - but that doesn't look like it's going to  
> be the main front page any time soon at the moment, which is a real  
> shame because it has some awesome changes.

I need to write up an announcement for the changes, then Xavier will 
flip the switch. Think days not weeks.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-01-15  4:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1LLlaP-0002uA-VS@stork.gentoo.org>
2009-01-11  0:56 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in profiles: package.mask Friedrich Oslage
2009-01-11  9:31   ` Benedikt Böhm
2009-01-11  9:53     ` Ryan Hill
2009-01-12 10:42     ` Peter Volkov
2009-01-12 11:05       ` AllenJB
2009-01-12 17:20         ` Alec Warner
2009-01-15  4:24         ` Donnie Berkholz [this message]
2009-01-15 13:47           ` Maciej Mrozowski
2009-01-16  9:10           ` Peter Volkov
     [not found] <20130212124555.2BE272171D@flycatcher.gentoo.org>
2013-02-12 12:49 ` Markos Chandras
     [not found] <20120522081633.68EF32004B@flycatcher.gentoo.org>
2012-05-22  8:48 ` Samuli Suominen
2012-05-22  8:59   ` Michael Weber
     [not found] <20110617131002.8A61620054@flycatcher.gentoo.org>
2011-06-17 13:13 ` Samuli Suominen
     [not found] <E1Kkgs8-00036Q-6J@stork.gentoo.org>
2008-09-30 16:34 ` Alexis Ballier
     [not found] <E1K9RI1-0004c7-5K@stork.gentoo.org>
2008-06-21  6:43 ` Peter Volkov
2008-06-21  8:56   ` Albert Zeyer
2008-06-21 18:38     ` Robin H. Johnson
2008-06-22  0:57       ` Peter Weller
2008-06-22  9:57     ` Peter Volkov
2008-06-22 13:49       ` Alin Năstac
2008-06-22 14:41         ` Peter Weller
2008-06-23 18:15           ` Alec Warner
     [not found] <E1K5lqj-0000UP-Ph@stork.gentoo.org>
2008-06-10 10:38 ` Peter Volkov
     [not found] <E1K1kGr-00017l-53@stork.gentoo.org>
2008-05-30  5:34 ` Peter Volkov
     [not found] <E1Jxkak-0002zX-R9@stork.gentoo.org>
2008-05-18 15:51 ` Peter Volkov

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