Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-22 Thread Andreas Vinsander
Mike Frysinger wrote: suggestion: stop keeping ChangeLog files in CVS and instead, let them be generated automagically by the cvs server using the last arbitrary number of commit messages. if you really want to keep a commit message out of the changelog, then we come up with a simple

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: suggestion: stop keeping ChangeLog files in CVS and instead, let them be generated automagically by the cvs server using the last arbitrary number of commit messages. if you really want to keep a commit message out of the changelog,

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Grobian
Extracted from what Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: That's not a valid argument - you can use a bash function for calling echangelog and repoman as shown numerous times on this list. See my first answer (bash function). See my first answer (bash function). From a database point of view,

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò
On Wednesday 17 August 2005 15:14, Grobian wrote: The whole point was that I like avoiding storing data double (redundant), if that can be done easily. It has its own pro and cons as quite everything. You can avoid storing data double but makes more difficult to access it by the priority end

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday 17 August 2005 08:16 am, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: logic: - i'm lazy That's not a valid argument - you can use a bash function for calling echangelog and repoman as shown numerous times on this list. it was part joke

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread warnera6
Jon Portnoy wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 03:45:49PM +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: not everyone uses echangelog [snip] it does, but not everyone uses echangelog Why not? Because I don't want to. :) badjokeYou are the weakest link, goodbye!/badjoke -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Aaron Walker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jon Portnoy wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 03:45:49PM +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: not everyone uses echangelog [snip] it does, but not everyone uses echangelog Why not? Because I don't want to. :) I have no problem with people

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Thursday 18 August 2005 08:39, Aron Griffis wrote: Jason Stubbs wrote: [Tue Aug 16 2005, 09:46:23PM EDT] Repoman could check the commit message for being valid UTF-8 and simply not allow the commit if it isn't. :) Be careful, this steps over the line of creating policy by way of

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Donnie Berkholz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Stubbs wrote: | I don't quite get you here. GLEP 31 has been approved, no? That would make | it seem to me that the above suggestion is just making the QA tool help | enforce existing policy. If there's a flaw in that line of thinking, please |

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Wednesday 17 August 2005 08:13 pm, Donnie Berkholz wrote: Jason Stubbs wrote: | I don't quite get you here. GLEP 31 has been approved, no? That would make | it seem to me that the above suggestion is just making the QA tool help | enforce existing policy. If there's a flaw in that line of

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-17 Thread Aron Griffis
Jason Stubbs wrote: [Wed Aug 17 2005, 08:09:39PM EDT] I don't quite get you here. GLEP 31 has been approved, no? That would make it seem to me that the above suggestion is just making the QA tool help enforce existing policy. If there's a flaw in that line of thinking, please point it out

[gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-16 Thread Mike Frysinger
suggestion: stop keeping ChangeLog files in CVS and instead, let them be generated automagically by the cvs server using the last arbitrary number of commit messages. if you really want to keep a commit message out of the changelog, then we come up with a simple policy of prefixing the message

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-16 Thread Jeremy Huddleston
On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: suggestion: stop keeping ChangeLog files in CVS and instead, let them be generated automagically by the cvs server using the last arbitrary number of commit messages. if you really want to keep a commit message out of the changelog,

Re: [gentoo-dev] generating ChangeLog files automatically from `cvs commit`

2005-08-16 Thread Alec Warner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Huddleston wrote: On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 18:18 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: suggestion: stop keeping ChangeLog files in CVS and instead, let them be generated automagically by the cvs server using the last arbitrary number of commit