[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: > As of now the patchcheck utility adds a notice to modify Misc/NEWS for every > patch. Patchcheck truthfully reports whether /docs, ACKS, and NEWS have been modified. I do not read it as saying anything about whether they *should* be updated. For Docs and NE

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Brett Cannon added the comment: If it's bugging you, Terry, feel free to delete that part of the check as it's of more use to core devs and we won't forget. -- assignee: -> terry.reedy ___ Python tracker

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: To me, the line about a NEWS entry is useless noise. I would prefer that it be removed entirely. If it is kept, then leave it alone and close this. -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

R. David Murray added the comment: It's not about saving lines in the output, it's about saving space in the developer's brain/workflow efficiency. That said, it is only valuable if it is reasonably reliable. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Ezio Melotti added the comment: Not sure it's worth making the logic more complicated just to save one line in some occasions. Hiding the messages about configure and pyconfig.h.in when they are not needed would save two lines and it should be simpler to do, but if you have something specific

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- nosy: +ezio.melotti stage: -> needs patch type: -> enhancement ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-l

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Brett Cannon added the comment: There isn't really a maintainer. I originally wrote it to help out new developers, but no one owns it. We just let people submit fixes they find useful and add them. -- components: +Demos and Tools versions: -Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

Yogesh Chaudhari added the comment: I am not sure which component patchcheck corresponds to, so I have left that out and added people on nosy list in http://bugs.python.org/issue17953. If I have missed the concerned maintainer, kindly let me know. -- nosy: +brett.cannon, pitrou, r.davi

[issue18053] Add checks for Misc/NEWS in make patchcheck

New submission from Yogesh Chaudhari: Based on the threads about http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-committers/2013-May/002529.html and discussion on http://bugs.python.org/issue17953; It would be good to add some (very high level)checks inside patchcheck that will tell the user if Misc/N