On Saturday 05 November 2005 06:34, Alec Warner wrote: > > emerge --changelog has no 'official' format. I believe echangelog > actually puts the changes in the correct format for emerge -l to read, > however not everyone uses echangelog. Many developers commit in an > incompatable syntax causing the parsing to fail. This I believe, is an > implementation issue. Obviously if someone is trying to get an upgrade > guide to users they aren't going to commit in an incompatable format.
I would also like to add that the changelog has too much information to be usefull as a news source. In all honesty, when I'm emerging a new version of a package I'm not interested in keyword bumps, small cosmetic changes, added auxiliary scripts or documentation. These are all documented (and should be) in the changelog. If I update my system however, I'm mainly interested in knowing whether something is going to break. News would be a way to provide this knowledge to a user in an as concise as possible way. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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