From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Message-Id: <200803112152.m2BLqd004445@momjian.us>
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] 8.2.4 patches? (fwd)
To: PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www@postgresql.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:52:39 -0400 (EDT)
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Seems we should have a web site that shows our CVS logs in an
easily-readable form.

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----- Forwarded message from Tom Lane -----

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Hmm, do we include the cvs2cl-generated ChangeLog in the tarballs?

> No, we don't.  We used to but the file got too large.  Perhaps we should
> supply a URL that generates that information.

There are a couple of different queries that people would be interested
in:

* the full cvs2cl log between any two release points;
* the cvs2cl log from latest release to branch tip.

I do not think it's appropriate to stick this into the tarballs, as
there's an awful lot of noise in the logs (eg, docs tweaks, reverted
patches, trivial code cleanups); our practice of generating a condensed
release-notes page is a large public service in my eyes.  But +1 to
providing a web page from which the detailed answers could be generated
easily.

BTW, cvs2cl (at least the version I use) works fine against a remote
repository, so it's not like Ray couldn't have gotten the answer for
himself.  But a web page would be more user-friendly.

			regards, tom lane
----- End of forwarded message from Tom Lane -----

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