On 02/23/2016 07:46 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:14:36 +0100 > Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> See https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=565566 >> >> Since we have ChangeLogs again (November) they've been in backwards >> order. Which is not really good - it breaks tools (like emerge >> --changelog) and makes it harder to read for humans. >> >> As a bonus it's inconsistent because the old Changelog-2015 files are >> in normal order, and the new ones are reversed. Which sense no makes. >> >> The suggestions in the bug are of great entertainment value, but they >> all avoid the simple idea of generating ChangeLogs in changelog >> (reverse chronological) order. Which would fix all tools and make >> almost every consumer of changelogs happy. >> >> So, can we please, after over 4 months of stalling, just fix this >> embarassment? >> > As much as I agree with you there, please use proper communication > channels and avoid spamming -dev list for single issues. > Proper communication channels have failed for 3+ months, maybe putting a spotlight on things gets things moving.
User-visible breakage for half a year is just insane, I have no idea why this is "impossible to fix". Maybe people have gotten used to things being clunky and not-really-working, I don't get used to it and will rub capsaicin in the wounds until situation improves.
