Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-05-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 02:06:48PM -0400, Jay Levitt wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: I am again requesting the addition of options to tools/git_changelog so I can more easily produce the release notes. I asked for this during 9.1 development and it was rejected. I am currently using my own

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-29 Thread Jay Levitt
Bruce Momjian wrote: I am again requesting the addition of options to tools/git_changelog so I can more easily produce the release notes. I asked for this during 9.1 development and it was rejected. I am currently using my own custom version of the tool, but have to merge community

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 03:19:04PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:05:23PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: I agree adding rarely-used options to a tool doesn't make sense, but the question is what percentage of the git_changelog

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 03:19:04PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Also consider that A is usually the big, clear commit message, and B,C,D are just minor adjustments with more brief commits, which might require adjusting the release note item for feature A. When they are in newest-first order,

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 01:26:16AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: --details-after Show branch and author info after the commit description I don't understand the point of that. The release notes

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: --details-after Show branch and author info after the commit description I don't understand the point of that. The release

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 18:56, Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: --details-after Show branch and author info after the

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:59:18PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 18:56, Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: I agree adding rarely-used options to a tool doesn't make sense, but the question is what percentage of the git_changelog userbase am I? 50% I think. The only thing that's really concerning me here is that the reverse-sort option seems likely to be

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Robert Haas
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: I agree adding rarely-used options to a tool doesn't make sense, but the question is what percentage of the git_changelog userbase am I? 50% I think.  The only thing that's really

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Andrew Dunstan
On 04/26/2012 02:54 PM, Robert Haas wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Tom Lanet...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Bruce Momjianbr...@momjian.us writes: I agree adding rarely-used options to a tool doesn't make sense, but the question is what percentage of the git_changelog userbase am I? 50%

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:05:23PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: I agree adding rarely-used options to a tool doesn't make sense, but the question is what percentage of the git_changelog userbase am I? 50% I think. The only thing that's really concerning me

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-25 Thread Robert Haas
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us wrote: I am again requesting the addition of options to tools/git_changelog so I can more easily produce the release notes.  I asked for this during 9.1 development and it was rejected.  I am currently using my own custom version

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-25 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: The attached patch gives you an idea of what I want to add. This patch doesn't seem to be against HEAD? --details-after Show branch and author info after the commit description I don't understand the point of that. --master-only Show commits

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: The attached patch gives you an idea of what I want to add. This patch doesn't seem to be against HEAD? Yes, if people approve, I will work on a current patch against HEAD.

Re: [HACKERS] Request to add options to tools/git_changelog

2012-04-25 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian br...@momjian.us writes: On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 05:09:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: --details-after Show branch and author info after the commit description I don't understand the point of that. The release notes have the author at the end of the text. So? The committer is