Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-05 Thread John Levon
On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 05:53:41PM +0200, Asger Kunuk Alstrup wrote: > Write what you did in the commit log for CVS, and use view CVS to browse > the code when you are looking for regressions. CVS can only handle per-file changesets. It's practically useless for that sort of thing. regards john

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-05 Thread Asger Kunuk Alstrup
My take on ChangeLogs is this: They are a complete waste of time, and only bloats the distribution. Write what you did in the commit log for CVS, and use view CVS to browse the code when you are looking for regressions. Best regards, Asger

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"Garst R. Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Angus Leeming wrote: | >> Sorry, you miss my point. ChangeLog's provide a browsable record of what was >> done at sometime in the past. If you aren't going to fill them in in a >> 'useful' manner, then why bother filling them in at all? Ie, that who

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Garst R. Reese
Angus Leeming wrote: > Sorry, you miss my point. ChangeLog's provide a browsable record of what was > done at sometime in the past. If you aren't going to fill them in in a > 'useful' manner, then why bother filling them in at all? Ie, that whole > 'you must add a ChangeLog entry' philosophy is p

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > >> Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> | Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: | What sort of ChangeLog entry is this, huh? There seems little point in | filling it in unless you are going to tell us what you did.

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Angus Leeming
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >>> | What sort of ChangeLog entry is this, huh? There seems little point in >>> | filling it in unless you are going to tell us what you did. >>> >>> what part of it? >>> the simplify or the

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >> | What sort of ChangeLog entry is this, huh? There seems little point in >> | filling it in unless you are going to tell us what you did. >> >> what part of it? >> the simplify or the adjusts? > | If I put the kettle on and

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Angus Leeming
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > | What sort of ChangeLog entry is this, huh? There seems little point in > | filling it in unless you are going to tell us what you did. > > what part of it? > the simplify or the adjusts? If I put the kettle on and provide biscuits, perhaps you'll tell be _everythin

Re: oh come on Lars!

2003-09-04 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | What sort of ChangeLog entry is this, huh? There seems little point in | filling it in unless you are going to tell us what you did. what part of it? the simplify or the adjusts? -- Lgb