Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-28 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes for sure, but useless zipped information is useless > anyway. And you know it's useless how? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-28 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Bill Allombert 2006-03-28 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please always keep the full Debian changelog information in the package. > Of course, you can move very old changelog entry to changelog.old or > changelog.1 if they cause problems, but ship them in the deb. Please don't even do that, the changel

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-27 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 08:13:24PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Sunday 26 March 2006 20:18, Nico Golde wrote: > > Hi, > > what would be the appropriate way to handle large and old > > debian changelog files. > > Rather arbitrarily, just feels more or less safe: cut everything from > befo

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-27 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 08:13:24PM +0200, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > Rather arbitrarily, just feels more or less safe: cut everything from > before oldstable release. Based on the assumption that oldstable -> stable > updates occur more or less over the whole stable+1 development circle. > > S

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-27 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Sunday 26 March 2006 20:18, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > what would be the appropriate way to handle large and old > debian changelog files. Rather arbitrarily, just feels more or less safe: cut everything from before oldstable release. Based on the assumption that oldstable -> stable updates

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-26 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Antti, * Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-26 20:52]: > Nico Golde wrote: > >I thought about changelogs like: > >2001-04-06 mitch 20:18:29Michael Natterer > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This is not a Debian changelog, and your original question > talked about

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-26 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
Nico Golde wrote: I thought about changelogs like: 2001-04-06 mitch 20:18:29Michael Natterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is not a Debian changelog, and your original question talked about those. Many upstreams split their own changelogs occasionally. If you like, suggest to your

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-26 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Joerg Jaspert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-03-26 20:32]: > On 10605 March 1977, Nico Golde wrote: [...] > > Is there a way to handle these changelog entries which bloat > > the package and contain only information which are too old > > to be useful or is it ok if for example a changelog file

Re: When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-26 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 10605 March 1977, Nico Golde wrote: > what would be the appropriate way to handle large and old > debian changelog files. Keep. > Is there a way to handle these changelog entries which bloat > the package and contain only information which are too old > to be useful or is it ok if for exam

When to drop/split/summ changelog files

2006-03-26 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, what would be the appropriate way to handle large and old debian changelog files. I mean there are package with very active upstream and years old changelog which grew and grew over the years. Is there a way to handle these changelog entries which bloat the package and contain only informa