Rotating oversized ChangeLog files (was: Old changelogs / eclass dir)
Dear all,
> 2) I'd like to suggest that for changelogs that grow beyond a certain size
> (e.g. profiles/ChangeLog) the file is "rotated" similar to /var/log
> logfiles. I.e. the current file is renamed with a date extension and a new
> file is started. This has the benefit that the archived file is static and
> will never be retransmitted by rsync.
to prevent that this becomes a victim of general ChangeLog bikeshedding (we
must rotate at a logical point, how could it be automatized even if it is
relevant for only a few files, then how do we prevent epmty files...) I
suggest the following procedure:
In a week's time I personally, manually, will "rotate" all ChangeLog files
larger than 100k in the tree, by splitting them at 31/12/2010-1/1/2011.
The old entries file will in each case be named ChangeLog-2010 in the same
directory. (PMS: "A package directory may contain other files or directories,
whose purpose is not covered by this specification.")
The "old entries" file ChangeLog-2010 will be identical to the current
ChangeLog file except for skipping at the start all entries added later than
31/12/2010.
The new ChangeLog file will be identical to the current ChangeLog file except
for being truncated at 1/1/2011.
I currently count 19 relevant files. If we keep the 100k limit and rotate
yearly, this will be doable by hand in the foreseeable future and any attempt
at automating is a complete waste of time.
Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer
dilfridge@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/
11-03-2011, 07:09 AM
Michał Górny
Rotating oversized ChangeLog files (was: Old changelogs / eclass dir)
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 01:33:38 +0100
"Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> > 2) I'd like to suggest that for changelogs that grow beyond a
> > certain size (e.g. profiles/ChangeLog) the file is "rotated"
> > similar to /var/log logfiles. I.e. the current file is renamed with
> > a date extension and a new file is started. This has the benefit
> > that the archived file is static and will never be retransmitted by
> > rsync.
>
> to prevent that this becomes a victim of general ChangeLog
> bikeshedding (we must rotate at a logical point, how could it be
> automatized even if it is relevant for only a few files, then how do
> we prevent epmty files...) I suggest the following procedure:
>
> In a week's time I personally, manually, will "rotate" all ChangeLog
> files larger than 100k in the tree, by splitting them at
> 31/12/2010-1/1/2011. The old entries file will in each case be named
> ChangeLog-2010 in the same directory. (PMS: "A package directory may
> contain other files or directories, whose purpose is not covered by
> this specification.")
Maybe we should keep old changelogs in a separate directory to decrease
ebuilddir pollution?
> The new ChangeLog file will be identical to the current ChangeLog
> file except for being truncated at 1/1/2011.
Maybe it'd be a good idea to add some kind of footer saying 'for
further entries, please inquiry ChangeLog-2010 file'.
--
Best regards,
Michał Górny
11-03-2011, 09:23 AM
"Andreas K. Huettel"
Rotating oversized ChangeLog files (was: Old changelogs / eclass dir)
On Donnerstag 03 November 2011 09:09:19 Michał Górny wrote:
>
> Maybe we should keep old changelogs in a separate directory to decrease
> ebuilddir pollution?
Not sure about that.
>
> > The new ChangeLog file will be identical to the current ChangeLog
> > file except for being truncated at 1/1/2011.
>
> Maybe it'd be a good idea to add some kind of footer saying 'for
> further entries, please inquiry ChangeLog-2010 file'.
Yes, makes sense and is easily done.
--
Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer
dilfridge@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/
11-03-2011, 02:04 PM
James Broadhead
Rotating oversized ChangeLog files (was: Old changelogs / eclass dir)
On Nov 3, 2011 10:25 a.m., "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Donnerstag 03 November 2011 09:09:19 Michał Górny wrote:
> >
> > Maybe we should keep old changelogs in a separate directory to decrease
Rotating oversized ChangeLog files (was: Old changelogs / eclass dir)
