Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:42:16 +0100 From: Troels Kofoed Jacobsen <tkjacobsen@gmail.com> To: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking commit messages from cli Message-ID: <20091112194216.GA1317@photon.std> In-Reply-To: <27ade5280911091455u7b82dd83qa6813414754b867c@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091108190613.GA1486@photon.std> <27ade5280911091455u7b82dd83qa6813414754b867c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 05:55:57PM -0500, APseudoUtopia wrote: > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Troels Kofoed Jacobsen > <tkjacobsen@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > With pkg_version I can easily see which installed ports has newer > > versions available, but what I miss is a way to see what has changed. > > The reason for this is that commit messages often say that only the > > pkg-plist has changed or something that does not make me want to update. > > > > Right now I'm reading the commit messages from the cvs web frontend, but > > it would be awesome with a program that could say: > > gd-2.0.35_1,1 < needs updating (index has 2.0.35_2,1) > > Commit messages between the versions: > > blah blah blah > > blah ... ... > > ... > > > > I know freshports exist, but I would rather not have to open a web > > browser. > > > > Does such a program exist or do I have to write my own. In the latter > > case can anyone point me to an easy way to get raw-text versions of > > commit messages without having to track the whole tree. Does freshports > > e.g. have an api -- it has all the necessary information, just not > > available in a suitable form (to my knowledge) > > > > Best regards > > Troels Kofoed Jacobsen > > I asked this question some time ago and never got a response. I > currently just use a browser and visit www.freebsd.org/ports/ and read > the commit log there. So far, I haven't found any other alternative. If anyone's interested I've hacked together a small python script doing this: https://www.student.dtu.dk/~s052580/?page=software/commitmessages Best regards Troels Kofoed Jacobsen
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