On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 11:46:51AM -0500, Chris Shoemaker wrote: > Actually, last time I did it, it was a considerable about of work to > undo the whitespace damage of the xslt script. It would be almost > trivial if I could use the format output by `svn log`. Incidentally, > I prefer that format for legibility and informative purposes, too. (I > like seeing revision # and time; seeing the 'action' character instead > of '*' is very nice; starting on column 1 means I can see more at > once.) > > Tell you what: I propose changing the format of the ChangeLog > slightly. Not so much that the entries _have_ to be cut-n-pasted from > svn log, but enough so that entries that _are_ cut-n-pasted from svn > log don't look horribly out-of-place. I'll even volunteer to reformat > the ENTIRE file (from the beginning of 2006 :) and fix the spelling of > your name. :) > > Proposed format changes: > 1) Email addresses are not required (They're already in > AUTHORS, and how many 1000's of times do we need to repeat them in the > logs?) But they may be included in the message for a new contributor, > (and should be if they're not in AUTHORS.) > > 2) 'Action' characters may replace '*'. E.g.: > M /trunk/Makefile.am > A /trunk/po/glossary/nb.po (from /trunk/po/glossary/no.po:12015) > D /trunk/po/glossary/no.po > M /trunk/po/nb.po > > 3) Changed filepaths may specify what branch the change was > made on. > > 4) Commit dates may include time, too. > > 5) Commit messages don't have to be block-indented. > > 6) Fields in the first log line may be delimited by ' | ' > instead of only ' '. > > 7) First log line may include svn revision number. > > These changes would mean I could cut-n-paste from svn log without > removing useful info and adding useless info. > > Any complaints? (/me dons flame-retardant jump-suit)
None at all? Ok. Here I go... really... yep... any moment now .... :) -chris _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
