From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R4vTA-0007ct-OV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:02:13 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2B31021C172; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:02:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bw0-f53.google.com (mail-bw0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986E821C104 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzt12 with SMTP id zt12so5698806bkb.40 for ; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:01:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=D2rHLcHK5N4Lk5JKTcddzaV5/gbJ/sKkV5o4I7GN/Uo=; b=dZeT1SKGVRyjHaxVNUqziiEkfS+a7Bd+3NLsE/wN/UmugRdYNiTRQBAHqXGW8GJlFv BHmF4quh8g/iiCv64mfeCE2hmSadg7LueplFU2UMMfYIlTKepcOZllOceWIJ+OyPOm/O 1v8HVrzDFu5mER64h0Y0eZChvuD7Qn6mZ1loM= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.156.11 with SMTP id u11mr349530bkw.143.1316268107734; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:01:47 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.143.67 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:01:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E735841.9070209@gentoo.org> <4E73C08B.9030801@gentoo.org> <4E745B01.9040805@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 10:01:47 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Kil8igdZAc2jT6pZcqyOjqZuvyY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] ChangeLog generation: Edit generated Changelogs From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175d02d2fd9f2204ad238c1c X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2f82f6dc060e79d3b917c145dfd2c70b --0015175d02d2fd9f2204ad238c1c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > > I agree. Plus, if we use git-notes to *append* to ChangeLog entries > (in case you left out important information), we've covered all bases > as far as I'm concerned. > > > If something is REALLY critical that needs to be fixed you can always use a hack like adding a line of whitespace or something and re-committing (which will work with any scm), but I'd only reserve that for when a changelog entry is so factually wrong that it risks a real problem. However, I'd really question whether ChangeLogs are the place to store such a critical piece of documentation in the first place. If it is THAT important that users know about a change it should be in news. I agree that it seems like we're at the point where "just a little better" is becoming the enemy of "already way better than what we have." Rich --0015175d02d2fd9f2204ad238c1c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@gentoo.org> wrot= e:

I agree. Plus, if we use git-notes to *append* to ChangeLog entries (in case you left out important information), we've covered all bases as far as I'm concerned.



If = something is REALLY critical that needs to be fixed you can always use a ha= ck like adding a line of whitespace or something and re-committing (which w= ill work with any scm), but I'd only reserve that for when a changelog = entry is so factually wrong that it risks a real problem. =A0=A0

However, I'd really question whether ChangeLogs are the = place to store such a critical piece of documentation in the first place. = =A0If it is THAT important that users know about a change it should be in n= ews.

I agree that it seems like we're at the point where= "just a little better" is becoming the enemy of "already wa= y better than what we have."

Rich
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