On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:14:36 +0100
Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565566
> 
> Since we have ChangeLogs again (November) they've been in backwards
> order. Which is not really good - it breaks tools (like emerge
> --changelog) and makes it harder to read for humans.
> 
> As a bonus it's inconsistent because the old Changelog-2015 files are
> in normal order, and the new ones are reversed. Which sense no makes.
> 
> The suggestions in the bug are of great entertainment value, but they
> all avoid the simple idea of generating ChangeLogs in changelog
> (reverse chronological) order. Which would fix all tools and make
> almost every consumer of changelogs happy.
> 
> So, can we please, after over 4 months of stalling, just fix this
> embarassment?
> 

As much as I agree with you there, please use proper communication
channels and avoid spamming -dev list for single issues.

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