Re: Why have a ChangeLog file if you already have commit messages?
- From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>
- To: BJörn Lindqvist <bjourne gmail com>
- Cc: Federico Mena Quintero <federico ximian com>, "desktop-devel-list gnome org" <desktop-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Why have a ChangeLog file if you already have commit messages?
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:18:12 -0400
On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 00:02 +0200, BJ�Lindqvist wrote:
>
> There is no rational reason why GNOME would need both ChangeLog and
> svn log.
There *is* a clear reason: offline and tarball use. What you really
mean is that there is no rational reason why GNOME can't use
auto-generated ChangeLog. One reason is: for previous commits. Moving
to a generated ChangeLog means losing a certain piece of history because
many modules have crap log in their history...
--
behdad
http://behdad.org/
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little
Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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