Re: [gentoo-project] ChangeLog generation: Edit generated Changelogs

[Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>]

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On 09/19/11 16:26, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> I would prefer going this route myself.  Generate all ChangeLogs
> from commit messages only.  This is easy to implement (POC is
> running for Prefix), but has a little issue with ChangeLog being in
> Manifest file. I think we should just omit it, or (better) allow
> the Manifest to have multiple signed parts, such that the ebuilds,
> dists and files are signed by the committing developer, and the
> ChangeLog is signed by the generation process (like snapshots
> are).
If you generate Changelogs from commit messages then you dont need to
place the to $VCS unless you want to edit them ( see below )
> 
> The council has, however, (like Markos' initial mail explained)
> decided that ChangeLog entries must be updatable (e.g. corrected)
> afterwards.
Really? when? There is no decision on this topic yet[1](3rd bullet
point). If I am wrong, please point me to the correct source. I
thought this discussion is about whether we want to edit them
afterwards or not. So unless we decide to edit them, we don't need
ChangeLog files

[1]http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20110809-summary.txt

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Regards,
Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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