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To: =?UTF-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Hello,

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:11 PM, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrote=
:
> <https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Log-Concepts.html>

I read this and still am on the opposite side.

The "changelog entries are like an undo list" is a WTF, to me this is what
`patch -R` is for...

My take on that (the newbie wanting to grasp it) is that I do the following=
:
- read git changelog entries titles in gitk (or a ML, or a gitweb)
- if oneliner title looks interesting for a subject I'm currently
trying to learn
- I read the full changelog entry
- if that is still interesting me, then I go read the code

Is there something equivalent with the GNU-styled CLs, that does not requir=
e
me to read every patch ? Because that's not scaling very well, especially i=
n
languages that I'm not proficient in.

My example is LKML, the changelogs are an extremely valuable tool to unders=
tand
things, to debug, etc... I just love this level of details put into changel=
ogs.

Tastes & colors...

--=20
Vincent Legoll