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Mon Jan 28 08:41:14 PST 2013


One downside though is that, if you're composing a ChangeLog more manually, it's more awkward to construct the new-style URL since you can't just copy from the URL field.

 - Maciej

On Aug 21, 2013, at 2:25 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have noticed that the change log format has recently been changed.  Unfortunately, this didn't work well with all webkitpy tools we have, and has been rolled out in http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/154406.
> 
> I kindly ask you to manually edit your patch to use the old format before landing your patch for now.
> 
> To clarify, the old multi-line format looks like:
> 
> 2013-08-13  Ryosuke Niwa  <rniwa at webkit.org>
> 
>         REGRESSION(r150187): Safari fails to render allrecipe.com comment popups
>         https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119780
> 
>         Reviewed by Benjamin Poulain.
> 
> while new single-line format looked like:
> 
> 2013-08-18  Ryosuke Niwa  <rniwa at webkit.org>
> 
>         <https://webkit.org/b/119917> Pasting multiple lines into a textarea can introduce extra new lines
> 
>         Reviewed by Darin Adler.
> 
> Separately, I'd like to know whether people liked the new format and it's worth my time making webkitpy adopt the new format.
> 
> I personally didn't like the new single-line format because it made the first line of each change log too long.  I'm also not a big fun of wrapping URLs in angle brackets.  It's also unclear to me what should happen when there are multiple Bugzilla URLs to list.
> 
> But I hear the new format made git log --oneline much more readable so I can be convinced although I don't intend to use git for WebKit development in the foreseeable future myself.
> 
> - R. Niwa
> 
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after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div>=46rom the new format, I like =
the shorter bug URL and the angle brackets, but I don't care much either =
way about putting the bug URL and title on the same =
line.</div><div><br></div><div>One downside though is that, if you're =
composing a ChangeLog more manually, it's more awkward to construct the =
new-style URL since you can't just copy from the URL =
field.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;- =
Maciej</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Aug 21, 2013, at 2:25 PM, =
Ryosuke Niwa &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rniwa at webkit.org">rniwa at webkit.org</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Ryosuke Niwa =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rniwa at webkit.org" =
target=3D"_blank">rniwa at webkit.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left=
-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I =
have noticed that the change log format has recently been changed. =
&nbsp;Unfortunately, this didn't work well with all webkitpy tools we =
have, and has been rolled out in&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/154406" =
target=3D"_blank">http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/154406</a>.</div>


<div><br></div><div><b>I kindly ask you to manually edit your patch to =
use the old format before landing your patch for =
now.</b></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"">To =
clarify, the old multi-line format looks like:</div>

<div style=3D""><div><div><br></div><div>2013-08-13 &nbsp;Ryosuke Niwa =
&nbsp;&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rniwa at webkit.org">rniwa at webkit.org</a>&gt;</div><div><br></=
div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; REGRESSION(r150187): Safari fails =
to render <a href=3D"http://allrecipe.com/">allrecipe.com</a> comment =
popups</div>

<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <a =
href=3D"https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D119780">https://bugs.web=
kit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D119780</a></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; =
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Reviewed by Benjamin =
Poulain.</div></div><div><br></div><div style=3D"">

while new single-line format looked like:</div><div =
style=3D""><div><br></div><div>2013-08-18 &nbsp;Ryosuke Niwa =
&nbsp;&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rniwa at webkit.org">rniwa at webkit.org</a>&gt;</div><div><br></=
div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;<a =
href=3D"https://webkit.org/b/119917">https://webkit.org/b/119917</a>&gt; =
Pasting multiple lines into a textarea can introduce extra new =
lines</div>

<div><br></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Reviewed by Darin =
Adler.</div></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left=
-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div dir=3D"ltr"><div></div><div>Separately, I'd like to know whether =
people liked the new format and it's worth my time making webkitpy adopt =
the new format.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I personally didn't like the <b>new single-line</b> =
format because it made the first line of each change log too long. =
&nbsp;I'm also not a big fun of wrapping URLs in angle brackets. =
&nbsp;It's also unclear to me what should happen when there are multiple =
Bugzilla URLs to list.</div>


<div><br></div><div>But I hear the new format made <font face=3D"courier =
new, monospace">git log --oneline</font>&nbsp;much more readable so I =
can be convinced although I don't intend to use git for WebKit =
development in the foreseeable future myself.</div>


<div><br></div><div><div>- R. Niwa</div><div><br></div>
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