On 11/01/2015 02:28 PM, Patrick Lauer wrote: >> >> ChangeLogs are a deprecated and unreliable method of the times we were >> still on CVS. E.g. some people didn't find it useful to add ChangeLog >> entries when they did large eclass changes. This problem is gone now. > ... ?!??!#??$>@%%*%**%@!!! > > From the point of view of a user ChangeLogs are VERY VERY USEFUL. > > Why would you claim they are deprecated?
Because they are unreliable and we have a better method. >> >> git log -- app-misc/foo >> or >> git log -- eclass/autotools.eclass >> >> will give you _any_ commit that has touched that file/directory, even if >> it was part of a huge mass commit. > > $ cd /usr/portage/app-admin/rex/; git log > fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git > > sooo ... ??? > You shouldn't use rsync anymore, it is inherently insecure. The git tree is _properly_ gpg signed so you can verify it's correctness. With the following portage configuration/hooks, any user can run the tree directly from git: https://github.com/hasufell/portage-gentoo-git-config At some point, rsync schould be deprecated completely.
