big +1, we can actually review backports now... this was really bad before.
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Steven A Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > Uwe, my Inbox thanks you. - Steve > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Uwe Schindler [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:04 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: mergeinfo commit mails, possible solution >> >> 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
