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Re: [freetype2-demos] Fix compiler warnings


From: Alexei Podtelezhnikov
Subject: Re: [freetype2-demos] Fix compiler warnings
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 10:56:50 -0400

> > Yes, it seems a bit odd these days, but I'll let Werner be the judge
> > on that :-)
>
> The main reason to maintain a ChangeLog file in the strict Emacs-like
> format is that you have to concentrate on adding good descriptions.
> Writing a sloppy one-liner while doing `git commit` is far too easy.

The damb^H^H^H^H linear nature of ChangeLog clashes with git: you
cannot easily merge from branches without a merge conflict in the
damn^H^H^H^H sequential ChangeLog. There must be a compromise: GCC is
extremely disciplined without ChangeLog. We can do it too.



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