Re: [Tcllib-devel] ChangeLogs and other stuff in CVS

[Andreas K. <and...@ac...>]

Lars Hellström wrote:
> Only recently did I get around to checking something in to the tcllib 
> CVS myself. This mostly behaved as I expected it to, but there are some 
> points I think I'd better ask about.
> 
> 1. ChangeLogs
> 
> Since the ChangeLog files mostly seem to be a concatenation of commit 
> messages (for example 
> http://tcllib.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/tcllib/tcllib/modules/aes/ChangeLog?revision=1.21&view=markup 
> bears a striking resemblance to 
> http://tcllib.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/tcllib/tcllib/modules/aes/ChangeLog?view=log), 
> I concluded those were probably autogenerated somehow and didn't touch 

Ah, no. We wish it were so easy. I usually write the changelog message first, 
and then CVS commit asks me for a message I paste that over.

> it. However, since it's now been three days and no autoupdate, I 
> suppose I'd better add an entry manually as soon as I'm confident 
> noone's going to point out what other thing I should have done instead.

> I also notice there is a ChangeLog file in the main tcllib directory 
> which has gone through a lot more changes than any of the other files 
> there, so it appears it records changes anywhere in tcllib. On the 
> other hand, this main ChangeLog hasn't been changed during the last two 
> months despite some bugs being fixed in that period, so when is a 
> change important enough to update this main ChangeLog?

Changes noted in the main changelog are usually about things which affect 
tcllib as a whole, like changes to the sak.tcl tool, or code underneath 
support/. Things which do not have their own Changelog. As creation of new 
modules and packages requires additional lines in 
support/installation/modules.tcl (*) this is usually also recorded in the main 
changelog.

(*) Make the installer aware of them.


> 2. Project feed
> 
> Possibly related is that the "project feed" on 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcllib/ doesn't seem to show any 
> commits even though commits have occurred. Anyone know why?

Huh. I'll try to find some time for a lookaround. Off the top of my head I 
don't know.


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