[gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large

[gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large

[Ulrich Mueller]

The profiles/ChangeLog file has grown to more than 700 kbytes. Would
it make sense to remove ancient (say, pre-2010) entries from it?

Maybe it would also help if we added separate ChangeLog files for each
subdirectory? Some subdirectories already have such a file, but it
looks to me like they've been added more or less at random.

Ulrich

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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 21:39:43 +0200

The profiles/ChangeLog file has grown to more than 700 kbytes. Would
it make sense to remove ancient (say, pre-2010) entries from it?

Maybe it would also help if we added separate ChangeLog files for each
subdirectory? Some subdirectories already have such a file, but it
looks to me like they've been added more or less at random.

Ulrich

Re: [gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large

[Markos Chandras]

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On 06/09/2011 08:39 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> The profiles/ChangeLog file has grown to more than 700 kbytes. Would
> it make sense to remove ancient (say, pre-2010) entries from it?
> 
> Maybe it would also help if we added separate ChangeLog files for each
> subdirectory? Some subdirectories already have such a file, but it
> looks to me like they've been added more or less at random.
> 
> Ulrich
> 
pre-2010 looks a bit dangerous cause we do have quite a few entries in
package.mask dating back in 2009. Therefore, I'd say, pre-2009 should be
good enough.

- -- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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Re: [gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large

[Matt Turner]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> The profiles/ChangeLog file has grown to more than 700 kbytes. Would
> it make sense to remove ancient (say, pre-2010) entries from it?
>
> Maybe it would also help if we added separate ChangeLog files for each
> subdirectory? Some subdirectories already have such a file, but it
> looks to me like they've been added more or less at random.
>
> Ulrich

Will the ChangeLog file be needed at all for the eventual git
migration, or will it just get the history from CVS?

If it's not needed for that, I have a hard time finding a reason
really old entries would be needed.

Matt

Re: [gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large

[Michał Górny]

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On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 21:39:43 +0200
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org> wrote:

> The profiles/ChangeLog file has grown to more than 700 kbytes. Would
> it make sense to remove ancient (say, pre-2010) entries from it?
> 
> Maybe it would also help if we added separate ChangeLog files for each
> subdirectory? Some subdirectories already have such a file, but it
> looks to me like they've been added more or less at random.

Is that file actually useful at all? I don't remember ever looking into
it. I guess it's even less useful for users, and devs can lookup CVS
logs if they actually need something.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] profiles/ChangeLog is too large

[Fabian Groffen]

On 09-06-2011 21:39:43 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> The profiles/ChangeLog file has grown to more than 700 kbytes. Would
> it make sense to remove ancient (say, pre-2010) entries from it?

Perhaps you can generalise the discussion into when you do consider a
changelog entry to (still) be relevant?
I guess figuring out something here is useful both now as well as in the
future.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level