From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 72393 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2020 01:03:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 72372 invoked by uid 89); 13 Feb 2020 01:03:30 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-10.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=H*i:sk:fae607e, H*MI:sk:fae607e, H*f:sk:fae607e X-HELO: mail-pj1-f65.google.com Received: from mail-pj1-f65.google.com (HELO mail-pj1-f65.google.com) (209.85.216.65) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:03:28 +0000 Received: by mail-pj1-f65.google.com with SMTP id 12so1631826pjb.5; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:03:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=pcbicpNWVBV4hmIOywqGfpalfrBUq0ashpvug27wLUI=; b=mOiizab3tkCzCWYjGvjPslTZBiXX0WWoabXwumTrjDrzDQrU8I2KCoX7zMfYu4xEpA fl1PpOnEYoZZSeoZj8oU1KfM5uhH0IBUD5hSODOichDrTxqgoFykhRmZgbcNZZBO2lMA LC5tDfPgdDdS5YK7+w+pH3pvCvOXy8aVqeXjC8G/Jpe5iRkcRtgN4jo4ywlr0nW8waPY weJJmvZkDh0g/e+oZtLxJszSoTT/YADfDeBoLWCQFazoc/+v98U4TSP3qtlYTen3Y0Hp 4bV/AAw+tsOW5WoHuvlKQUP2W1wLefUEYpBUB0BWBjWCtek4P8PY1rPfK+dmoSVE4cBv u9DQ== Return-Path: Received: from bubble.grove.modra.org (158.106.96.58.static.exetel.com.au. [58.96.106.158]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id y197sm435152pfc.79.2020.02.12.17.03.26 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:03:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by bubble.grove.modra.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C96238070B; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:33:22 +1030 (ACDT) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:03:00 -0000 From: Alan Modra To: Simon Marchi Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, "gdb-patches@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Using the vcs_to_changelog.py script Message-ID: <20200213010322.GB29647@bubble.grove.modra.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-02/txt/msg00233.txt.bz2 On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 06:32:51PM -0500, Simon Marchi wrote: > For illustrative purposes, here's what the script outputs for the last bunch > of commits in binutils-gdb: > > http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/x38zs82Rmt/ Not fit for the original purpose of change logs as far as developers are concerned, but I for one don't use them at all nowadays to see what changed when. "git log" and "git blame" are far better. Does this satisfy the FSF legal requirements? "Who changed what" won't be accurate unless committers remember to set the author properly on commits made for other people. -- Alan Modra Australia Development Lab, IBM