To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>,
 Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>,
	pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 8.2.4 patches? 
In-reply-to: <200707111306.l6BD69G14356@momjian.us> 
References: <200707111306.l6BD69G14356@momjian.us>
Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
	message dated "Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:06:09 -0400"
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:41:53 -0400
Message-ID: <25050.1184164913@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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