OK, it is now set. Next time someone does a merge, keep an eye on the commit messages and let me know.
I set it to add copy modify -Grant On Nov 17, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Uwe Schindler wrote: > The ASF does not use the vanilla mailer.py script, they are using > http://opensource.perlig.de/svnmailer - and this one does fantastic work > regarding this! We just need to change the config files of this tool and > specify a special subtree config for /lucene project folder. > > See also the attached mail! > > ----- > Uwe Schindler > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > http://www.thetaphi.de > eMail: [email protected] > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven A Rowe [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:02 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: mergeinfo commit mails, possible solution >> >> After looking more closely at the vanilla Subversion version of the mailer.py >> script, I'm 99% sure that removing propchange from the generate_diffs list >> will >> have zero effect, but I'd love to be proven wrong. >> >> Turns out Subversion's mailer.py once had a much larger set of property >> filtering options, but C. Mike (Pilato) thought the option set was too >> baroque, so >> he reverted the entire set - see >> <http://subversion.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2944>. >> >> I've asked on #svn about re-instating the "ignore_props" and >> "ignore_propdiffs" >> regex-valued options - these would allow us to only ignore svn:mergeinfo >> diffs >> while still noting that files' properties have changed, without affecting >> other >> properties or their diffs. No responses yet, hopefully tomorrow. >> >> Steve >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Grant Ingersoll [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:55 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: mergeinfo commit mails, possible solution >>> >>> From #lucene IRC: >>> gsingers:sarowe and I were talking about the mergeinfo commit overload >>> [09:43]gsingers:and the asf_mailer.conf file [09:43]gsingers:In >>> looking at the file [09:44]gsingers:it appears the one thing we have >>> the ability to do is to turn off the generation of diffs for >>> [09:44]gsingers:events [09:44]gsingers:The default setting is: >>> [09:44]gsingers:generate_diffs = add copy modify propchange >>> [09:44]gsingers:sarowe and I are proposing to change our settings to >>> just be add/copy/modify [09:44]gsingers:and try dropping propchange >>> [09:45]gsingers:I honestly don't know whether it will work or not >>> [09:45]gsingers:and it will also likely mean we will miss >>> notifications of other propchanges [09:45]gsingers:We've asked on >>> #asfinfra if there are other options [09:45]gsingers:and sarowe is >>> looking into the mailer.py script to see if there are other things >>> available [09:46]gsingers:I guess the question here is, do people want >>> to try turning off propchange? >>> >>> >>> -Grant >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For >>> additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > <Mail Attachment.eml> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
