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Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs? |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Mar 2016 05:38:24 +0200 |
> From: Nikolaus Rath <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:28:21 -0800
>
> Asking me to walk three times around my chair before making the commit
> is also a simple request that's easily accomplished. That doesn't make
> it any less astonishing. There is just no apparent good reason for this
> duplication. Thus it astonishes.
The reasons exist, and has been described. You may not agree with
them, perhaps due to different experience, but that doesn't mean they
aren't valid.
> > You didn't read what I wrote about the current system. If we stop
> > producing ChangeLog files, there will be no reason for having detailed
> > enough commit log messages, and soon enough there will be no
> > summaries.
>
> I don't see how one follows from the other. Why isn't whatever measure
> you are currently take to ensure detailed ChangeLog files equally
> suitable to ensure detailed commit messages?
Because if we continue going the way we do, we are sending a very
specific message to the future contributors.
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, (continued)
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eric S. Raymond, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Stefan Monnier, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Karl Fogel, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Karl Fogel, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Karl Fogel, 2016/03/07