From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from simark.ca by simark.ca with LMTP id f2UEKq8CTWBpDAAAWB0awg (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:21:35 -0500 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9E67C1EF78; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:21:35 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on simark.ca X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from sourceware.org (unknown [8.43.85.97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52DC41E789 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:21:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from server2.sourceware.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B58BA3857C70; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:21:34 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org B58BA3857C70 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sourceware.org; s=default; t=1615659694; bh=GPfFl2GlLxcc+UDXWUwGekUtl6Dza37qmF6fHQ6Y99E=; h=Date:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=AEu1MfBlWqVAOeSlgZk4/VLG/OLNI6YaMPSQIeDigitA5EltMTDMAdayDxSzvOrhL 1MFwAY8CoPYresjVhiOJ42TaVwoTJwKvCybkOxudx4YkqNPzEGPl6PE745UreR2VV7 26BsQnW3vTqLN1MWSKIEJ+Ma2gaoEuMZqUEa9Pos= Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB483857C70 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:21:31 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org ABB483857C70 Received: from vapier (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC327340C6C; Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:21:30 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 13:21:29 -0500 To: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: sim: replacing ChangeLog files with online git logs Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , gdb@sourceware.org, andrew.burgess@embecosm.com References: <83ft0zjys1.fsf@gnu.org> <83lfarhwjq.fsf@gnu.org> <83eegjhuuq.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83eegjhuuq.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Mike Frysinger via Gdb Reply-To: Mike Frysinger Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Errors-To: gdb-bounces@sourceware.org Sender: "Gdb" On 13 Mar 2021 18:38, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 11:26:11 -0500 > > From: Mike Frysinger > > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org, andrew.burgess@embecosm.com > > > > > So people who don't have Git will be left without the logs? I'm not > > > sure I'm okay with that. > > > > what value are people actually pulling from these ? we aren't talking > > about user-focused NEWS, we're talking about developer-focused ChangeLog. > > This has been beaten to death in various forums, including GNU > internal ones. the conclusion was that some people want that, and > some developers are not always on-line and with Git repo handy. the conclusion is that GNU standards made recommendations, but individual projects can pick between them. > > the hard & bikeshed part is what form does the log take. do you just want > > the default `git log` output ? > > There's a Gnulib script which will produce the form that matches the > ChangeLog format. there's actually multiple gnulib scripts. which one are you referring to ? gitlog-to-changelog ? -mike