From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F00A138010 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:18:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1361D21C1C8; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:18:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37CE821C1C8 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:17:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id jg15so787853bkc.40 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:17:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=prq2SAcpNUYOfSXW4HBeSnVZBi54s67HDP3Ls2z04YY=; b=fH9AipGFW9ZZ6LqxvStZ4EksjEz/e1quNsMKQohd/SuBGG+KJ76gOSc5fwiCIP4vgl ddgwSCFtSbGKRkPR/QS+fLsrrmc7oNpeSI+Jv8R1SSbiqpDM0TXO23ZQcoZPh0TR4PiY kWQMzxtz61g6fB7iWabDJyS+bytk0/4H+q1NRD/nKCN4kArTbHrKH6BJQ3LVyAIxT7vA LFnL1ujeC+AhH5ledMPnIGZtqrn7rvjMjfl2VF75U6TsZlh+OuHRt91qMpi/81x7mJB1 HeJ93J7SmUys+mr09gWWvAFYg3G16Z0n6duhFQtnRxEDtTY9Ymh0ysW9stMiaqK6Svfo 30xg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.12.215 with SMTP id y23mr11278077bky.13.1351707450176; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:17:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.156.147 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:17:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50914EB8.60501@gentoo.org> References: <20121030190839.A9A3D21600@flycatcher.gentoo.org> <20121030191725.GC809@gentoo.org> <20121030222444.694cd93d@pomiocik.lan> <5090468F.2030701@gentoo.org> <20121030183944.3b0a8652@gentoo.org> <20121031122605.581161e8@gentoo.org> <5091454D.7060701@gentoo.org> <20121031123933.2f690239@gentoo.org> <50914EB8.60501@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:17:30 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jt4pikCkAhT6l6HCEmGeaANmhMw Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] On the usefulness of eclass changelog From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: a1fdde94-ef2b-46e5-8d5c-b7433658d86b X-Archives-Hash: f2c41073bf3b97a0ac435ae62db58657 On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote: > eclass/ handling should go to repoman and the automated ChangeLog process, > should be rather straight forward for knowing person. Perhaps, but right now the policy is to update it, so do it. The policy is also to post eclass changes for review on -dev, so do that too. That means do it BEFORE you commit it. I don't care if you post it raw, or post a link to a file, or post a link to a proposed commit on your private little git branch, but don't commit it and then send out a link to the commit in production after the fact. This whole double-thread is ridiculous. If somebody at work deliberately violated a dumb policy and pointed out it was dumb, the answer would be, "thanks, we'll look into changing the dumb policy, now pack up your desk to make room for the new employee who can benefit from the improved policy." If you don't like the rules feel free to whine, beg, and plead to QA, the council, $DIETY, or your mother, but follow the rules until they're changed. There is always room for mistakes, but big projects don't work when everybody just does whatever they feel like doing. Rich