Re: ChangeLog (or lack of it)

[Åsmund Skjæveland <asmund skjaveland bio uio no>]

Petr Kovar skreiv:
> "Leonardo F. Fontenelle" <leonardof gnome org>, Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:05:00
> -0300:
>
> > I see a few modules don't use ChangeLog anymore, at least inside "po/".
> > I like using shell scripts to avoid repetitive typing when I review
> > other people's translation, but this issue keeps slowing me down. Is
> > there some way for a script to guess whether if a ChangeLog file is
> > deprecated?
>
> Maybe search for phrase like "do not edit" and such. Might be too dumb or
> unreliable, I don't know. Just an idea. :-)
>
> Or explicitly filter out given modules...

What is the logic behind not using the ChangeLog file? When I have fixed
a typo or suchlike in recent months, I have used my old commit script
which adds a new entry to the changelog and uses that entry as SVN log
message. In most cases I'd never even look at the changelog before
committing.

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Åsmund Skjæveland