Different versions of the patch are supposed to have the same name, and could be sorted by date. A different name should be used to indicate the target branch.
See the "Naming your patch" section on http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute Cheers, Joep On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Patrick Wendell <pwend...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey Praveen, > > I usually use the git (or SVN) logs to see what changed. Usually each > commit is titled with the JIRA name it applies to. With git it is easy > to see these commits before actually applying them locally, I'm not > sure if svn offers similar features (i.e a way to see logs without > updating). > > Also, looking at the latest patch in the JIRA is also good. Though I > think sometimes a commiter might change a few things before committing > and that patch (especially if it is an external submission) and the > patch won't reflect those changes whereas the commit log will. > > - Patrick > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Praveen Sripati > <praveensrip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do I know the code changed with a particular JIRA? If I go to > > MAPREDUCE-1943, there are multiple patch attachments. Should I go with > the > > date and pick the latest patch? > > > > Is there any other way to identify the changes done to the code with a > > particular JIRA? > > > > Regards, > > Praveen >
