From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8196 invoked by alias); 14 Oct 2011 06:01:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 8163 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Oct 2011 06:01:30 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_BJ X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:01:14 +0000 Received: from int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.25]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9E6199E017626 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:01:09 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-16.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.16]) by int-mx12.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9E617jA029550 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:01:09 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p9E616kI009713; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:01:06 +0200 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p9E616SK009712; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:01:06 +0200 Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:01:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" Cc: pmuldoon@redhat.com, joseph@codesourcery.com, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: GIT and CVS Message-ID: <20111014060106.GA9490@host1.jankratochvil.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-10/txt/msg00104.txt.bz2 On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:50:49 +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > I'm not debating that a unified source is useful, of course it is. > I personally build GDB on Fedora, and beyond what is in the tree, > there are many non-inclusive packages I have to find to build GDB. > > Do you have examples? I don't install any strange dependencies most > of the time... To name those usually not present on the system: flex bison expat-devel zlib-devel python-devel texinfo for testsuite at least: dejagnu gcc-gfortran gcc-java gcc-objc prelink fpc gcc-gnat glibc-static valgrind > I'm just trying to understand how git replaces ChangeLog (which are > the exact same thing as commit messages). I suspect there is some > grave misunderstanding in the discussion. Yes, that's the point - I do not find ChangeLog entry a sufficient (or relevant at all) replacement of the diff itself. While looking for a bug I cannot trust all the previous work had no mistakes. Thanks, Jan