Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:54:22 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai "IOnut" Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port_history - track port commit message comments Message-ID: <20061028215422.625289f5@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20061028181646.GG19996@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org> References: <ehs1qk$6pa$1@sea.gmane.org> <cb5206420610270526p56bf0457i8e780b948a392d05@mail.gmail.com> <20061027231646.5b07bd8f@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <cb5206420610271404hbb3ba6an99377535ebe1af98@mail.gmail.com> <20061028002501.32f5b845@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <20061028181646.GG19996@leia.lambermont.dyndns.org>
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--Sig_V9mZi3QJyCrQEM2b090XI8v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 20:16:47 +0200 hans@lambermont.dyndns.org (Hans Lambermont) wrote: > Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu wrote: >=20 > ... > >>>> On 10/27/06, Christopher Boumenot wrote: > >>>>> Every time I upgrade a port I am usually left wondering what > >>>>> changed. > ... > > The problem with the OP's work is that some submitters/commiters > > think that the CVS commit message should document the _port_ > > changes while others think it should also document (or at least > > provide pointers) to the changes in the software itself (I fall in > > the second category). Since we don't have a standard for this, > > relaying only on the CVS logs might drive one into nasty problems. >=20 > But it is much better than what we have now (nothing) and I think that > having a system like what Christopher proposed probably leads to > establishing a standard (preferably of the second category :) . Christopher's work is indeed valuable and I should have mentioned this in my first post :( I'm afraid of a partial solution because one tends to relay (only) on it and, since it partial, tends nt to check the vendor site, README, CHANGES or UPDATING included in the tarbal, etc. A similar thing drives me mad each time I install a new machine and I discover I have to recurse in the dependency tree of the ports I need because some of them don't have OPTIONS. > If the information is easily available I think it will be used. One has to be optimistic about it, albeit the opposite example provided by people not reading UPDATING ;-) --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" BOFH excuse #138: BNC (brain not connected) --Sig_V9mZi3QJyCrQEM2b090XI8v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFQ6djBX6fi0k6KXsRAijwAKCWaKBiowvic1jPPK2/lJOtfxm+uQCgmnGF thv5xdVTFdxZGQ8uOWXvyOo= =GaI/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_V9mZi3QJyCrQEM2b090XI8v--
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