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On May 26, 2013 1:15 PM, "Brett Cannon" <<a href="mailto:brett@python.org">brett@python.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On May 25, 2013 9:18 PM, "Nick Coghlan" <<a href="mailto:ncoghlan@gmail.com">ncoghlan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Brett Cannon <<a href="mailto:brett@python.org">brett@python.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >> The NEWS update script could even use the revision history to decide<br>
> > >> which order to add entries to the bulleted list.<br>
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> > > I think the annoyance with this approach is you will have to remember<br>
> > > to add a file every time you do anything worthy of NEWS. Without<br>
> > > something like ``hg newsworthy`` to take an optional issue # and then<br>
> > > have you enter your NEWS entry and then use that to pre-populate the<br>
> > > commit message, people will forget. Now granted adding the commit<br>
> > > later is not a huge deal, but it is something that might happen if you<br>
> > > forget to ``hg st`` before committing.<br>
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> > How is that any different from the status quo with people forgetting<br>
> > an entry in NEWS? Just the extra step of needing to "hg add" the news<br>
> > entry?<br>
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> I didn't think there was a forgetfulness issue. I'm just trying to lower the overhead of doing a merge.<br>
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> > Well, perhaps we can do this in two phases - resolve the persistent<br>
> > problem of merge conflicts first, and then worry about the separate<br>
> > push race problem later.<br>
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> If we can ever agree on a solution. :)</p>
<p dir="ltr">If people are still allowed to edit Misc/NEWS manually while a tools and alternatives are worked out that ultimately merge their entries into the original file at release time I think no agreement is needed beyond from the release managers who presumably get to ensure it all happens to generate the single file at tag/branch time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Try a few things out, see what sticks and vote on what the ultimate solution for everyone should be at that point.<br></p>
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> -brett<br>
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> > Cheers,<br>
> > Nick.<br>
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> > --<br>
> > Nick Coghlan | <a href="mailto:ncoghlan@gmail.com">ncoghlan@gmail.com</a> | Brisbane, Australia<br>
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