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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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>>> Once I had stupid cut&paste mistake and entered wrong credits in |
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>>> ChangeLog. I don't see how to resolve this issue in case |
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>>> ChangeLog's will be generated from git log and until somebody |
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>>> suggests how to edit ChangeLogs generated from git I think have to |
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>>> keep ChangeLogs in gentoo-x86. |
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>> I didn't know that editing existing ChangeLog entries manually was |
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>> an accepted practice with CVS. Even if it was to correct typos or |
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>> something else. |
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> So far, the ChangeLog is just a normal file. So why should it be |
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> forbidden to edit it and correct mistakes? Examples are wrong or |
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> forgotten credits, or wrong bug references. It is a service to our |
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> users that such information is accurate. |
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So, such changes; where would you document them? Would you ChangeLog |
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an edit to the ChangeLog? CVS log is not an option for documenting |
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anything; access to it is slow, quirky, and time-consuming. |
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From my PoV, editing ChangeLog is like editing history. Complete no-no. |
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Of course, all of this goes out the window with git since access to |
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the log is trivially quick. |
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~Nirbheek Chauhan |
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