From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Abolishing ChangeLog files Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:48 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87y5d9p5td.fsf@dex.adm.naquadah.org> <87vc8dtbcb.fsf@lifelogs.com> <871ub1gmdf.fsf@engster.org> <87d2ulovd0.fsf@dex.adm.naquadah.org> <85r4j0h1ww.fsf@member.fsf.org> <85li98h1qx.fsf@member.fsf.org> <87ehf0b3x2.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87obe3gaem.fsf@engster.org> <87ip4bj1ay.fsf_-_@earth.home> <87a9pnhjya.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364497138 10837 80.91.229.3 (28 Mar 2013 18:58:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:58:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thierry Volpiatto Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 28 19:59:23 2013 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 1ULI2h-0006SC-10 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:59:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42063 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ULI2I-0006nU-Vq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47239) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ULI2E-0006nP-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ULI2D-00051C-OA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:50 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ULI2D-000516-Kz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:49 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ULI2C-0005Ww-U0; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:58:48 -0400 In-reply-to: <87a9pnhjya.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Thierry Volpiatto on Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:55:57 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:158370 Archived-At: Emacs ChangeLog files are not redundant with VC change records. We put different information in them. At least, I do. In the ChangeLog files I put lists of functions changed and how. In the bzr log entry I explain the overall purpose of the change. There are various good ways to store the important change information, but this has been discussed before. Let's not repeat. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call