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From: Matti Bickel <mabi@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [git migration] The problem of ChangeLog generation
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:12:50
Message-Id: 4BC497F0.9080606@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [git migration] The problem of ChangeLog generation by Nirbheek Chauhan
1 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
2 > From my PoV, editing ChangeLog is like editing history. Complete no-no.
3
4 It is possible in all major SCMs for a reason. And I (as a user) would
5 laugh at Changelog entries saying "um, I got that bug number wrong, it
6 is really #1234". If I (as a developer) log such edits, I'm wasting my
7 users time.
8
9 So I'll continue to edit and commit Changelogs without additional notice.

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