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On 11:05 Mon 12 Jan , AllenJB wrote: |
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> In my opinion the cvs commit log and the ChangeLog serve 2 different |
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> purposes. The cvs log is for developers while the ChangeLog is for |
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> users. While the cvs log will likely just want to explain what change |
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> was made, the ChangeLog should explain why it was made. |
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So if you want to know both, you need to look in 2 places? That doesn't |
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seem very nice to me. Also in a distributed VCS, we'd want to generate |
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ChangeLogs from the commit logs to avoid all kinds of annoying conflict |
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resolution and remove redundant information. |
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> PS. I know about index2.xml - but that doesn't look like it's going to |
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> be the main front page any time soon at the moment, which is a real |
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> shame because it has some awesome changes. |
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I need to write up an announcement for the changes, then Xavier will |
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flip the switch. Think days not weeks. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |
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