Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [BUG] Patchlog Removed-files mentions explicit id-tags

[Bug Goo]

Created as bug 191

On Tue Aug 17 09:26:39 2004, David Allouche wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 11:54:44AM -0700, Tom Lord wrote:
> > 
> >     > From: David Allouche <address@hidden>
> > 
> >     > I have just found that when explicit id-tags are used, the patchlog
> >     > header "New-files" does not mention explicit id-tags, but the
> >     > "Removed-files" headers does mention them.
> > 
> >     > I _can_ write a workaround for the inconsistence if the correct
> >     > behaviour would be not to show explicit id-tags ever in patchlogs, so 
> > I
> >     > would like to know what _is_ the correct behaviour.
> > 
> > These headers are not heavily used.  Their primary use is, for human
> > consumption (e.g., grep for a filename).
> > 
> > Therefore, I think, the explicit id files can be safely omitted from
> > the headers.
> 
> Patchlog headers (especially Removed-files, but there might be other) SHOULD
> not mention explicit id-tag files.
> 
> I'll implement a workaround in PyArch to filter-out explicit id tags in
> Removed-files listing.
>