Francesco Riosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matti Bickel wrote: > > Pawe?? Madej <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As a common user with ADSL 256kbps all additional data downloaded via > >> rsync causes longer wait for syncing. If I want to see a changelog i > >> go to packages.gentoo.org and read it. As i got Gentoo for about 10 > >> months I don't remember if I read Changelog via bash. > > > > I strongly disagree. Reading changelogs on the web means browsing for > > them. This is much slower for me than a 'less > > /usr/portage/foo/bar/Changelog'. > > > > I rather go with ciaranm and tell users to use rsync_exclude if they > > don't want changelogs. Taking away choice without an option is a bad > > thing (tm). > > A (rethoric) question: > Do you read every time the whole ChangeLog ? > If not, generally, how much of it ?
About 20%. I don't care about changelogs most of the time because diffing the ebuilds is easier and you get more info. However if there's a bug or some major upgrade, i tend to kind of read the thing. For bug# and stuff. Personally it's also interesting who commited a fix. Regards, Matti --
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