Samuli Suominen posted on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:54:24 +0300 as excerpted: > On 09/06/2011 11:31 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: >> On 06-09-2011 20:24:54 +0000, Samuli Suominen wrote: >>> Modified: ChangeLog >>> Removed: libffi-3.0.10_rc8.ebuild libffi-3.0.9.ebuild Log: >>> [This is a placeholder. Please ignore.]
>> Please change your script to write something less useless. > Sincerely, I find this message about the ChangeLog entry as annoying you > must find the entry itself and I find the placeholder message to be more > appropiate for the item that should not have an entry in the first > place. > > (Consider my refusal to reply any more messages in this thread as an > polite attempt of avoiding escalation and flame.) FWIW as someone who actually uses changlog file removal info occasionally, at least this entry shows which files were removed, and when. Why (simply "Old" or "Remove old" doesn't really provide more info tho it would look nicer) would be nice, but at least the critical bit, the versions removed and the date, are there. So IMO, this is a reasonable compromise. Those who feel the need can make their protest statements, but the needed info remains available for those who will find it useful. Besides which, as a practical matter it'd be difficult to enforce more, unless the council wants to approve and enforce a specific message for such cases, and I imagine everybody will agree _that_ would be "a bridge too far". -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
