Re: [gentoo-dev] updated gentoolkit with echangelog modification

[Nicholas Wourms <dragon@gentoo.org>]

Aron Griffis wrote:
> I just updated gentoolkit to version 0.1.21.  This version includes two
> changes:
> 
> 1. echangelog now follows the older, sanctioned format for the
>    ChangeLog.  This means that all new entries are added at the top.  A
>    new version or revision will cause a new *version string.

I don't think this is appropriate for -dev, but since you 
started it here, I'm going to comment.  Why are you doing 
this?  Sanctioned or not, the "old" way was never enforced, 
and not clearly stated as policy in the developer's 
handbook.  Also, many prefer the new way.  Let's consider this:

Old Way:
Changes were spread all willy-nilly over the Changelog in 
chronological order.  There was no organization other then 
that, so it was often difficult to isolate which specific 
revision was changed at a glance and when.  This, obviously, 
doesn't scale well when we start getting changelogs with 
100+ entries

New Way:
Changes are still in chronological order, but they are 
indexed under each specific ebuild preceded by the star. 
that means, if I want to know what's changed to what 
version, I can quickly scan the *'ed entries for the 
revision I want and there you go.  As for finding out 
overall what's changed in the last few days, that is also 
just as easy as before.  I'd merely scan the the top portion 
of each revision.  This method scales much better and keeps 
Changelog entries neat and orderly, even when faced with 
100+ entries.

So, for the time being, can we put echangelog back to the 
way it was until this is further discussed?

Comments welcomed.

Cheers,
Nicholas


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