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

[Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>]

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On 09/28/11 18:37, Fabian Groffen wrote:
> On 16-09-2011 17:08:01 +0300, Markos Chandras wrote:
>> Council decided to push back to ML the remaining bullet point
>> about ChangeLog generation[1]
> 
> I propose instead that the council votes on NOT auto-generating 
> ChangeLogs, but instead asks the Portage team to implement updating
> the ChangeLog file as part of repoman commit when there are files
> modified (includes removal) excluding the ChangeLog file itself.
> 
We voted on autogeneration but not on how to implement it. This
heavily depends on whether we want to edit changelogs or not. And
since the majority seems to want to edit changelogs then the right
thing to do it o generate them client side etc etc

> This solves most problems raised by council members, as well as
> others on the various threads on this topic. - The file can be
> edited (council intentional vote) - All existing information is
> retained (council vote) - Repoman updates ChangeLog so no filtering
> voodoo (council vote) - Works with AnyVCS and branches* - Needs no
> changes regarding Manifests, since ChangeLog is just in AnyVCS,
> known to repoman during commit
> 
Yeah Agreed

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