Re: Release errata & patch list

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :On 4/25/05, justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> :> > And Matt,  currently I setup a filter on my mail that I think will grab
> :> > all commits to a branch.  This works well enough for now. (sorry about
> :> > sending this e-mail to you and not the list first)
> :> 
> :> Is the filter a procmail filter?  If not, how's it working?  We already
> :> have procmail going through list mail to create the mailarchive on leaf;
> :> it'd be a good fit for autocreating errata, then.
> :> 
> :> 
> :
> :It's not automatically creating that page, didn't mean to make it
> :sound more advanced than that.  It is just a filter on my gmail
> :account to take any commit to a branch and flag it so I notice.  If
> :someone can create something more advanced and automatic be my guest,
> :I just figured this was a good start.
>
>     Heh.  But it sure does sound like it could be automated!  Automation
>     is the key to longevity.  
>
>     In any case, it's a good experiment and it does show the potential
>     for integrating some sort of commit log automation filter to pull
>     out commits to branches and throw them onto a web page automatically.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

	It can definitely be done with an awk and a minimal shell script.
	
	Similar to the way I used to generate FreeBSD-4 MFC lists, which
	I did my regex'ing the commit mail archive.  I will see if I can
	do something for branch commits and put it up on leaf.

	Kind regards,

			-Hiten