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On 31/10/12 11:26 AM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:39:44 -0600 Ryan Hill
> <[email protected]> wrote: [...]
>>> The file is pointless if not everyone is using it. I've
>>> offered to remove the file before, and I'm reoffering to do so
>>> now.
>>
>> It's pointy enough for most uses. Let's keep it that way.
>
> I would like to know what are those uses. Here are my thoughts
> about changelogs:
>
> We have cvs logs, cvsweb, etc. So what is the value added from
> changelogs? Well, those logs are per-file as far as I know, and
> since a new version of a package means a new .ebuild file, keeping
> track of changes to packages is painful without a changelog which
> is global to the whole package. Even if we have all the needed
> information in the cvs log, changelogs for packages are definitely
> useful. Now for eclasses the situation is different: I want to
> know what has recently changed in foo.eclass, what is the fastest
> way? Search through a changelog file with dozens of absolutely
> unrelated information, or run cvs log/go to sources.gentoo.org ? I
> tend to do the latter and find eclass changelogs completely
> useless.
>
Cool, you do, that's great. This doesn't mean others don't use a
different process tho, and since it *IS* there and is *SUPPOSED* to be
filled, and it really doesn't hurt to run 'echangelog "${msg}" && cvs
ci -m "${msg}"' , why not do it?
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