Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remi Galan Alfonso venit, vidit, dixit 05.04.2016 14:28:
> > Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> A few changelog entries have inconsistent dates, which rpmlint reports
> >> as errors.
> >>
> >> Fix them based on these assumptions:
> >> - It's easier to mistype a number than a weekday abbreviation.
> >> - changelog date must be before git commit date
> >> - The mistyped date is just a few days off.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> I dunno if this is worthwhile, but rpmlint is the first thing we tell
> >> packagers and reviewers to check.
> >>
> >> git.spec.in | 8 ++++----
> >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/git.spec.in b/git.spec.in
> >> index bfd1cfb..eb581a3 100644
> >> --- a/git.spec.in
> >> +++ b/git.spec.in
> >> @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> >> * Sat Jan 30 2010 Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> - We don't ship Python bits until a real foreign scm interface comes.
> >>
> >> -* Mon Feb 04 2009 David J. Mellor <dmellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> +* Mon Feb 02 2009 David J. Mellor <dmellor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> - fixed broken git help -w after renaming the git-core package to git.
> >>
> >> * Fri Sep 12 2008 Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> >> * Thu Jun 21 2007 Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> - Added documentation files for git-gui
> >>
> >> -* Tue May 13 2007 Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> +* Sun May 13 2007 Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > It is inconsistent with what you said in the commit message ("It's
> > easier to mistype a number than a weekday abbreviation.").
> >
> > Following that logic, it should be:
> > * Tue May 15 2007 Quy Tonthat <qtonthat@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > (or 08, I didn't check the condition "changelog date must be before
> > git commit date")
>
> I did.
>
> The thing is that you can't always fulfill all of these 3 conditions.
> "Easier" doesn't mean that the other case is impossible, just less likely.
Ah alright. Makes sense then, it is much harder to mistype 13 from 08
than from 15.
Sorry for the noise.
Thanks,
Rémi
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