From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-qk1-x72b.google.com (mail-qk1-x72b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::72b]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AEB7238515DD for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:35:58 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org AEB7238515DD Received: by mail-qk1-x72b.google.com with SMTP id g15so18930119qkl.4 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:35:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=K/WfdfyPblPr3KRadGyDwOO6wuRbzgvYdXkzSUTuJ+E=; b=ih9qLtWImsR0qGBGmIPIy3l/raZ03rHVpLUe+uDg/W2QrbbJVYB+sQqM4SNOPCDdVe zn24o7XVb7Dc0v/7bY3OU4Bvbu08t/jG2uF6zfdqqguT7JWo18n9l3SppNNjhhjtFwqF ij0fLTDXvTtevxih7/K/s0h8i2AMCjYM8rz9KuxDXRw3Cmp1/ua2x2G3STFVrLLqo9iT 6BaftA5KAyKmKdppk5bzuaZJMvg+A6wbCtpeiYzdMQeVKu250D/019gl4X+W3YF3af6e mcL6EKVST0jeefiDsvr4XhEpPixixwuAQk8+BQ6D1IYIITzWzErpL+If/G92S/uU/Lbd zPJQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531kg9IsIs1FZGqlQDDy21LuFlakDtQ3pIwN9U/4YWaXFuhvRvXX uNJnDGimb1CvZ6djlCItZJPLcOR02vNPcw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJznYSqDaPR8hKtUTczfUpvrdXKe5QF8i0lYLvmdOTDqilBgemEoL4kYls671IYhvRna6zzO0g== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:954:: with SMTP id w20mr2676207qkw.57.1617190558182; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:35:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?IPv6:2804:7f0:4841:2841:397e:3682:580a:695? ([2804:7f0:4841:2841:397e:3682:580a:695]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q24sm1166681qki.120.2021.03.31.04.35.56 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:35:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: sim: replacing ChangeLog files with online git logs To: Joel Brobecker , gdb@sourceware.org References: <83tup9disi.fsf@gnu.org> <20210323110638.GA6592@embecosm.com> <83wntwjy8h.fsf@gnu.org> <20210324165918.GA1683671@embecosm.com> <83lfacjvsj.fsf@gnu.org> <20210331032728.GJ11111@adacore.com> From: Luis Machado Message-ID: Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:35:54 -0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210331032728.GJ11111@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, 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@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:36:00 -0000 Hi Joel, On 3/31/21 12:27 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote: > Hi Mike, > >>>>> No the second proposes to replace the current ChangeLog with one >>>>> auto-generated upon release. >>>>> >>>>> This ChangeLog would in effect be a reformatted `git log` output. >>>> >>>> I don't object to that, either. The question is: what we will require >>>> the Git log messages to contain then? Currently, the entire ChangeLog >>>> entry goes there, but once the manually written ChangeLog files are >>>> retired, what will remain? That was the crux of the recent >>>> discussion. >>> >>> we won't require the ChangeLog-like entries in the commit message for sim/. >>> the generated ChangeLog will have name+date+git log. >> >> i wanted to give time for people to respond & post any thoughts that they >> might have lingering before i moved forward. since things have gone quiet >> now, i guess we've reached the end? so i'll give another few days before >> i land the change for sim/. > > Can you hold off on this for now? We're discussing it within the group > of GDB Global Maintainers, and we need more time to converge. > Out of curiosity, is the discussion specifically focused on sim/ or should we address the bigger issue of ChangeLog's within the GDB codebase?