From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: "What's cooking" incremental edition Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:27:36 -0500 Message-ID: <20100112162736.GC25092@coredump.intra.peff.net> References: <7vmy0lpwes.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Sverre Rabbelier X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 12 17:28:41 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NUjbd-0006EB-QQ for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:28:34 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754458Ab0ALQ2P convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:28:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754379Ab0ALQ2N (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:28:13 -0500 Received: from peff.net ([208.65.91.99]:60597 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753477Ab0ALQ1p (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:27:45 -0500 Received: (qmail 8378 invoked by uid 107); 12 Jan 2010 16:32:34 -0000 Received: from coredump.intra.peff.net (HELO coredump.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.2) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.40) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:32:34 -0500 Received: by coredump.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:27:36 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 03:21:20PM -0500, Sverre Rabbelier wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 14:55, Junio C Hamano wro= te: > > =C2=A0* jn/makefile (2010-01-06) 4 commits > > - - Makefile: consolidate .FORCE-* targets > > - - Makefile: learn to generate listings for targets requiring spec= ial flags > > - - Makefile: use target-specific variable to pass flags to cc > > - - Makefile: regenerate assembler listings when asked > > + =C2=A0(merged to 'next' on 2010-01-10 at f5a5d42) > > + + Makefile: consolidate .FORCE-* targets > > + + Makefile: learn to generate listings for targets requiring spec= ial flags > > + + Makefile: use target-specific variable to pass flags to cc > > + + Makefile: regenerate assembler listings when asked >=20 > Fwiw, I find it harder to read due to the now ambiguous meaning of th= e > + and - (it could either mean something is in pu/next, or that the > topic changed). Of course this is partly caused by the fact that I > don't read emails in fixed font (by default), but perhaps it's worth > considering using different symbols for pu/next-ness? I agree. Plus line-by-line is not necessarily the most efficient way to convey the information that a single character changed. If the subject of the commit didn't change, it would be easier to see soemething like: ->+ Makefile: consolidate .FORCE-* targets ->+ Makefile: learn to generate listings for targets requiring specia= l flags etc (where ">" is supposed to indicate transition, but it's actually quite ugly itself). That being said, I don't personally see the incremental format as all that useful. If I want to see increments of what's happening, I use git itself. The "What's Cooking" message to me is about seeing a survey of all topics, even those that haven't changed, with Junio's comments. So you may take my suggestions with a large grain of salt. :) -Peff