[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 205136] 2.26.2: build fails

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205136

--- Comment #4 from Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez at igalia.com> ---
(In reply to Tomasz Kłoczko from comment #2)
> OK I found the patch in git
> https://git.webkit.org/?p=WebKit.git;a=patch;
> h=730b80e691a4b9dd0e9727cfcd9806dfa542397b
> 
> And seems like it solved that issue. However not without the hickups.
> That patch cannot be used unmodifird against dist tar ball because it
> patches not disributed Changelog files.
> 
> In that situation I see 3 solutions:
> - separate commits for actual code and Changlog files
> - add Changelog files to dist tar balls
> - stop updatting Cahngelog files and remove them from git repo
> 
> 3rd solution should be the best as git log ptovides very detailed changelog
> and copy/update comments in files is IMO kind of waste of tile :)

WebKit development policy requires those changelog files to be generated.
Also the release tarballs don't distribute all the files of the WebKit source code base, just only the necessary ones for WPE.

What I suggest to do is simply to ignore the rejects on changelog files.

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