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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RFD: please drop ChangeLog updates
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:31:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bpzagv0q.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: g9c63d$v8q$1@ger.gmane.org

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès escreveu:

>> Then I guess I'm happy to abolish ChangeLogs.  Two questions remain:
>> 
>>   1. Should we remove ChangeLog files from the repo?
>>   2. Should we generate ChangeLogs for releases?
>> 
>> I'd say "yes" to (1) and "no" to (2).  That would be a departure from
>> the GNU Standards, but perhaps it's a sign of their age.
>
> I'd say no (1).  The information in ChangeLog and commit message can diverge,
> so deleting them may remove information.  I recommend keeping them around, Perhaps in 
> a directory in with historic files, or marking them as
>
>   THESE CHANGELOGS ARE NO LONGER UPDATED
>
> in screaming letters at the top.

Oh right, I concur.

Thanks,
Ludo'.





  reply	other threads:[~2008-08-30 19:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-28 16:30 RFD: please drop ChangeLog updates dsmich
2008-08-29  2:47 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2008-08-29  9:46 ` Sergey Poznyakoff
2008-08-29 19:56   ` Ludovic Courtès
2008-08-29 23:47     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2008-08-30 18:40       ` Ludovic Courtès
2008-08-30 19:11         ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2008-08-30 19:31           ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2008-08-30 21:11             ` Neil Jerram
2008-08-31 10:30               ` Ludovic Courtès
2008-08-30  0:32     ` Andy Wingo
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-08-28 14:40 Han-Wen Nienhuys

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