Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:55:57 -0500 From: APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com> To: Troels Kofoed Jacobsen <tkjacobsen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tracking commit messages from cli Message-ID: <27ade5280911091455u7b82dd83qa6813414754b867c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091108190613.GA1486@photon.std> References: <20091108190613.GA1486@photon.std>
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On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Troels Kofoed Jacobsen <tkjacobsen@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all > > With pkg_version I can easily see which installed ports has newer > versions available, but what I miss is a way to see what has changed. > The reason for this is that commit messages often say that only the > pkg-plist has changed or something that does not make me want to update. > > Right now I'm reading the commit messages from the cvs web frontend, but > it would be awesome with a program that could say: > gd-2.0.35_1,1 < =C2=A0 needs updating (index has 2.0.35_2,1) > Commit messages between the versions: > blah blah blah > blah ... ... > ... > > I know freshports exist, but I would rather not have to open a web > browser. > > Does such a program exist or do I have to write my own. In the latter > case can anyone point me to an easy way to get raw-text versions of > commit messages without having to track the whole tree. Does freshports > e.g. have an api -- it has all the necessary information, just not > available in a suitable form (to my knowledge) > > Best regards > Troels Kofoed Jacobsen I asked this question some time ago and never got a response. I currently just use a browser and visit www.freebsd.org/ports/ and read the commit log there. So far, I haven't found any other alternative.
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