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NAME
aecattr - aegis change attributes file
DESCRIPTION
A change attributes file is used to describe the modifiable portion of a change.
CONTENTS
A change attributes file contains the following fields:
description = string;
This field contains a detailed description of the change.
brief_description = string;
This field contains a brief description of the change.
cause = ( ... );
This field describes the cause which motivated the change.
external_bug
The change was created in response to a bug report from outside the development team.
This repairs existing functionality.
external_enhancement
The change was created in response to an enhancement request from outside the
development team. This adds new functionality.
external_improvement
The change was created in response to an improvement request from outside the
development team. This improves existing functionality.
internal_bug
The change was created in response to a bug report from inside the development team.
This repairs existing functionality.
internal_enhancement
The change was created in response to an enhancement request from inside the development
team. This adds new functionality.
internal_improvement
The change was created in response to an improvement request from inside the development
team. This improves existing functionality.
chain
This cause is where you have a fix to fix a fix; tracking these is an interesting
quality metric.
test_exempt = boolean;
This field is true if it is not necessary to test the change. It is, in general, desirable to
test all changes, whether new functionality or a bug fix. This is, however, a project
management issue.
test_baseline_exempt = boolean;
This field is true if it is not necessary to test the change against the baseline before it is
changed. The test of the baseline is required to fail; this is to establish that the test has
isolated the bug, and that the change has fixed that isolated bug.
regression_test_exempt = boolean;
This field is true if it is not necessary to perform a full regression test on the change. If
absent, defaults to true for all causes except improvements.
architecture = [ string ];
This field is a list of names of system and machine architectures on which the change must
successfully build and test.
copyright_years = [ integer ];
This field details the years in which the change was worked on. This field is present in trunk,
branch and leaf nodes.
As a change is edited, years in which the change was worked on accumulate in this field
automatically. Branches accumulate years as integrations occur. You may need to manually edit
this, though it should be rare.
version_previous = string;
This field records the "previous" version, mostly to simplify patch generation. It is only
meaningful for trunks and branches. It is set automatically when a branch is started or
integrated.
attribute = [ { ... } ];
This is a list of (name,value) pairs, defining user specified attributes.
name = string;
The name of the attribute. By convention, names which start with an upper-case letter
will appear in listings, and lower-case will not. Attribute names are case-insensitive.
value = string;
The value of the attribute.
Arguably, most change attributes which may be altered by the user (and some that can't) should
be of this form. Due to an accident of history, this is not the case.
SEE ALSO
aenc(1) create a new change aeca(1) modify the attributes of a change aegis(5) aegis file format syntax aecstate(5) change state file format aepattr(5) project attributes file format
COPYRIGHT
aegis version 4.24.3.D001
Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter Miller
The aegis program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'aegis -VERSion License'
command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for
details use the 'aegis -VERSion License' command.
AUTHOR
Peter Miller E-Mail: millerp@canb.auug.org.au /\/\* WWW: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/