From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca (smtp.polymtl.ca [132.207.4.11]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03769384B406 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:54:45 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 03769384B406 Received: from simark.ca (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 10BJsd10022538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:54:44 -0500 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 10BJsd10022538 Received: from [10.0.0.11] (192-222-157-6.qc.cable.ebox.net [192.222.157.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D4D61E4F4; Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:54:39 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] sim: switch to autogenerated ChangeLog files To: Andrew Burgess , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20210110033752.6002-1-vapier@gentoo.org> <20210110034223.6268-1-vapier@gentoo.org> <20210111110544.GC1151657@embecosm.com> <313988fb-ed42-11f7-1e64-b46005580792@polymtl.ca> <20210111193830.GT7494@vapier> From: Simon Marchi Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:54:39 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210111193830.GT7494@vapier> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Poly-FromMTA: (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) at Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:54:39 +0000 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, KAM_SHORT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:54:47 -0000 On 2021-01-11 2:38 p.m., Mike Frysinger wrote: > to be clear, it isn't generating entries exactly like we write. it's > using the git commit logs with formatted dates. so i don't think this > applies exactly anymore. so it's inline with the GNU's VCS principles: > https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html > (and that also recommends just using gitlog-to-changelog). Oh ok, I confused that script with vcs-to-changelog then! https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/VCS-To-ChangeLog.html Just for reference, here's an excerpt of what vcs-to-changelog generates for the patch I am currently working on: * gdb/infrun.c: Modified. (do_target_resume): Modified function. (restore_thread): Modified. (for): Modified function. (check_multi_target_resumption): Modified function. (gdb_assert): Modified. (save_defer_tc): Remove. (maybe_commit_resume_all_process_targets): Remove. (release): Modified. (return): Modified. (gdb_assert): Modified. (if): Modified function. (return): Modified. (return): Modified. (return): Modified. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (gdb_assert): Modified. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (gdb_assert): Modified. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. (if): Modified function. ... and that goes on ... Hopefully that explains why I said "horrible results" :). Simon