Q1: How do you use Portage package changelogs?
(question-type: checkbox / select all that apply; with OTHER)
(68 responses)
A1.1: I don't read them at all
A1.2: I read them online.
A1.3: I read them with emerge -p -l
A1.4: I read them in a text editor
A1.5: I read them with less/more/head/tail (or other reader)
A1.6: I use them to laugh at Gentoo because I run another distro
A1.7: Other

Number of responses selecting each answer:
  28 "A1.5"
  24 "A1.4"
  19 "A1.1"
  16 "A1.2"
   5 "A1.3"
   1 "Since they've been broken, I've started keeping the git repo on the side and reading them there; this is not ideal and hugely wasteful, since now I'm syncing twice."
   1 "porthole's Highlighted changelog view"
   1 "only used when not in git or really old"
   1 "Now that I know about the -l option of emerge, I think I'll start doing this,  too, rather than manually opening text files or looking up changes via the site."
   1 "I use the git tree where they don't exist (and read git log)"
   1 "I read the stuff from 'eix-sync' output"
   1 "I read the git history on a full checkout."
   1 "I read git log"
   1 "In Kuroo (Portage GUI)"
   1 "Infrequently, only when I'm trying to find why there is a revbump or similar do I look up ChangeLogs"
   1 "git log /var/db/ebuilds/gentoo/cat/pkg"
   1 "git"
   1 "equery c" 

Response combinations (count, answers):
 14 "A1.1"
 11 "A1.5"
  8 "A1.4"
  5 "A1.4; A1.5"
  5 "A1.2"
  4 "A1.2; A1.4"
  2 "A1.3; A1.4; A1.5"
  2 "A1.2; A1.4; A1.5"
  1 "porthole's Highlighted changelog view"
  1 "I read the stuff from 'eix-sync' output"
  1 "I read the git history on a full checkout."
  1 "Infrequently, only when I'm trying to find why there is a revbump or similar do I look up ChangeLogs"
  1 "A1.5; equery c"
  1 "A1.4; A1.5; In Kuroo (Portage GUI)"
  1 "A1.3; A1.5; Since they've been broken, I've started keeping the git repo on the side and reading them there;  this is not ideal and hugely wasteful, since now I'm syncing twice."
  1 "A1.3; A1.5"
  1 "A1.2; git"
  1 "A1.2; A1.5; Now that I know about the -l option of emerge, I think I'll start doing this,  too, rather than manually opening text files or looking up changes via the site."
  1 "A1.2; A1.5"
  1 "A1.2; A1.3; A1.4; A1.5"
  1 "A1.1; I use the git tree where they don't exist (and read git log)"
  1 "A1.1; I read git log"
  1 "A1.1; git log /var/db/ebuilds/gentoo/cat/pkg"
  1 "A1.1; A1.5"
  1 "A1.1; A1.2; A1.4; only used when not in git or really old"