Subject: Re: patch -- fix for Bug 760 [and ChangeLog question]
From: sam th (sam@bur-jud-118-039.rh.uchicago.edu)
Date: Sun May 21 2000 - 19:33:39 CDT
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On Mon, 22 May 2000, Martin Sevior wrote:
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> On Sun, 21 May 2000, sam th wrote:
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> > On Sun, 21 May 2000, Jesper Skov wrote:
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> > > Out of curiosity, how come ChangeLogs aren't used for abiword? They
> > > sometimes come in handy when digging for the introduction of a bug (or
> > > a bad fix like the below).
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> > > CVS logs don't quite capture the same information and are not suitable
> > > for off-line use (think portables and European modem users).
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> > > Also, a ChangeLog entry can show all implicated files/functions for a
> > > particular change which can be really nice to have.
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> > I like this idea. If no one objects, I'll put this in in the near future.
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> I like this idea provided I don't have to do much extra work :-). Are your
> thinking of some clever scheme to get the commit messages into the
> changelog automatically Sam?
Well, there's a really wonderful perl script that does it for you. So the
idea would be to put that on a cron job, and just run it every night (and
then commit the changes). It should be pretty easy.
sam th
sam@uchicago.edu
http://sam.rh.uchicago.edu
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