Simplify revision log: Remove useless columns

[anonymous]

The TracRevisionLog is very useful, but also has some features that could be removed entirely.

The unnamed column showing a yellow box could be removed. (In theory in could be some other color. In practice it is yellow >99% here, on ​Trac Hacks and in every other repository I've seen. The box links to "View log starting at this revision", which is neither intuitive nor useful. In my opinion this column and the respective legend should be removed.

The "Rev" column is very useful, but only if you know to ignore the link to "Browser at revision …" and instead click on the "View changeset …" gear icon. In my opinion the former link should be dropped. The entire column cell should link to the changeset.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to anonymous:

The unnamed column showing a yellow box could be removed. (In theory in could be some other color. In practice it is yellow >99% here, on ​Trac Hacks and in every other repository I've seen.

The box could be more useful by using "split" coloring. For example, when viewing log:trunk/trac/notification, [13469] could show yellow and green since the changeset contains both added and modified files.

The "Rev" column is very useful, but only if you know to ignore the link to "Browser at revision …" and instead click on the "View changeset …" gear icon. In my opinion the former link should be dropped. The entire column cell should link to the changeset.

Suggestions on how to make the links more intuitive would be useful, but we aren't likely to drop functionality unless it's widely viewed as non-useful.

[Ryan J Ollos]

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