Re: RFD: please drop ChangeLog updates

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hey!

Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès escreveu:

>> That said, the ideal would be something like `add-change-log-entry' that
>> operates on Git logs instead of ChangeLogs, but there doesn't seem to be
>> anything like this.  DVC is said to support things like that, but it
>> doesn't seem to be well documented.
>
> Try magit (by Marius Vollmer, our previous overlord).  It lets you create 
> commits by marking individual patch hunks.  

I wasn't aware of that, but I just gave it a try and it seems to rock!
The doc is also nice.  Good to hear from Marius!  ;-)

Then I guess I'm happy to abolish ChangeLogs.  Two questions remain:

  1. Should we remove ChangeLog files from the repo?
  2. Should we generate ChangeLogs for releases?

I'd say "yes" to (1) and "no" to (2).  That would be a departure from
the GNU Standards, but perhaps it's a sign of their age.

Thanks,
Ludo'.