Re: [Nano-devel] have release changes in changelog.gz and NEWS.gz for incompatible changes or NEW far-reaching features/implicatons.

[shirish शिरीष]

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On 04/01/2017, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017, at 23:54, shirish शिरीष wrote:
>> On 02/01/2017, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Of the last four versions of nano, what would you have liked to
>> > see in the NEWS file?
>
> You did not answer the question.  Hrrm!

I could not as I'm not a developer so what are important changes could
best be gauged only by the developers.

> But no!  Not _everything_ is in NEWS!  NEWS just mentions the
> most important points.

ok.

>> then I would
>> suggest simply migrate everything from changelog.gz to NEWS.gz
>
> Are you mad?!

I am/was under the impression that changelog.gz is stopped and there's
nothing going to be added there anymore.

>> as
>> there is no purpose served by having a changelog which doesn't serve
>> any changes anymore.
>
> Well, how about the attached file?  Does that suit your needs?
> (NEWS will continue as it is: a very condensed summary.)
>
>> [More irrelevant stuff.  Snipped too.]
>>
>> I hope have made it more clear.
>
> It was already clear to me what you wanted the first time.
> The answer is no.
>
> Benno
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While I haven't tried the patch itself, from what you have shared as
the title, it is exactly what is needed. The changelog.gz could have
commit info with short commit id and that would be very useful.

Taking an example -

this is one of the repos I follow (it's a game)

https://github.com/jwvhewitt/dmeternal.git

address@hidden - [~/games/dmeternal] - [10025]
└─[$] git log | less

commit 33f4855b9622ea283b76b9a3d05dcf5ac1db7ab1
Author: Joseph Hewitt <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Dec 8 05:57:59 2016 -0800

    Cleaned up root directory

commit c78730263a0333aa583547f5fe6661eb1b88a773
Author: Joseph Hewitt <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Aug 3 19:30:33 2016 -0700

    Modified some stuff

commit f5f18908c50515d45c972581fbe7100deb6a4266
Author: Joseph Hewitt <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat Apr 2 07:00:49 2016 -0700

    Updated spells

If the developer made a release the changelog.gz could be like -

33f4855  Cleaned up root directory 8/12/16
c787302  Modified some stuff 03/08/16
f5f1890  Updated spells 02/04/16

<Release 0.4.b = Unreleased>

Joseph Hewitt <address@hidden>

If there were multiple authors it would be like -


33f4855  Cleaned up root directory 8/12/16

author 1 <address@hidden>

c787302  Modified some stuff 03/08/16

author 2 < address@hidden>

f5f1890  Updated spells 02/04/16

<Release 0.4.b = Unreleased>

Joseph Hewitt <address@hidden>

or whatever combination works for you but hope you got the idea.

That would be useful to know what changes were made, by whom, when
etc. without having to clone the repo. to know those details.

I *think* that the patch probably would be very close to what I want
if we can have that in changelog.gz

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