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 THESE CHANGELOGS ARE NO LONGER UPDATED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'.
next prev parent 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
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2008-08-28 14:40 Han-Wen Nienhuys
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