Re: Circumstances in which ChangeLog format is no longer useful

[John Darrington]

On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 10:09:17PM +0000, Karl Berry wrote:
     I suggest that Paul's patch be sent to rms for approval/rejection.

I think it's premature to do that.

     This is clearly rms's decision. No debate here will change that. -k

rms usually listens more closely to proposals for change if they are backed 
up by a justification for the change.

As I see it, we there are 3 distinct questions to be answered:

1.  Should we continue to have ChangeLogs?

2.  If so, what information should they contain?

3.  If SCM tool or VCS is used to manage the project, is it acceptable to
    autogenerate the ChangeLog from the SCM?


In my opinion the answer to these are: "Yes", "A brief description and 
rationale", and "yes".

But I think that some others do not concur.    If we can reach conscensus on 
these questions, then it'll be appropriate to start worring about the exact 
words we should change in the standards (if any).

J'



-- 
Avoid eavesdropping.  Send strong encrypted email.
PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 
fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285  A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3
See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.

signature.asc
Description: Digital signature