From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nic Ferrier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Referring to revisions in the git future. Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:01:06 +0000 Message-ID: <877fzitohp.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> References: <20141028223312.GB6630@acm.acm> <20141029004942.GA25241@thyrsus.com> <20141029105202.249acb5a@anarchist.wooz.org> <87bnouapiy.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20141029150600.GA5701@thyrsus.com> <20141029141216.7abbbc0d@anarchist.wooz.org> <20141029222946.GA13673@thyrsus.com> <545178BE.2050505@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414627294 3214 80.91.229.3 (30 Oct 2014 00:01:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:01:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 30 01:01:27 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdB7-00006c-1p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:01:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49623 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdB6-0003IY-MY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:01:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdAy-0003IE-JF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:01:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdAs-0000AA-OX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:01:16 -0400 Original-Received: from static.17.66.46.78.clients.your-server.de ([78.46.66.17]:49544 helo=po1.ferrier.me.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdAs-000098-Hx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:01:10 -0400 Original-Received: from nicferrier-dell-xps (140.35.155.90.in-addr.arpa [90.155.35.140]) by po1.ferrier.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5E72EAC000A; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:18:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from nicferrier-XPS13-9333 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nicferrier-dell-xps (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04815601B2; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:01:07 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <545178BE.2050505@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:31:10 -0700") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 78.46.66.17 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176035 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > Eric S. Raymond wrote: >> I admit nothing, I deny nothing. > > Gee, I'm older than you are, and I wish we had switched to Git years ago. > > Emacs should switch to automatically-generated ChangeLogs, too. This > would save us time and effort. Several other GNU projects have > switched already, and in practice it's a win. I second this. I don't understand why anyone would do anything else. Sure, generate them with every change if you want, with a hook and then commit the changed ChangeLog back into the repo. It's easy to ignore the Changelog changes in the git history. Nic