Re: [PATCH] CHANGELOG: remove disused file

[Thomas Huth]

On 26/10/2020 16.21, John Snow wrote:
> On 10/23/20 2:51 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> On 23/10/2020 18.34, John Snow wrote:
>>> On 10/23/20 1:43 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>>> On 22/10/2020 18.28, John Snow wrote:
>>>>> There's no reason to keep this here; the versions described are
>>>>> ancient. Everything here is still mirrored on
>>>>> https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/old if anyone is curious; otherwise, use
>>>>> the git history.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    Changelog | 580 ------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>    1 file changed, 580 deletions(-)
>>>>>    delete mode 100644 Changelog
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
>>>>> deleted file mode 100644
>>>>> index f7e178ccc01..00000000000
>>>>> --- a/Changelog
>>>>> +++ /dev/null
>>>>> @@ -1,580 +0,0 @@
>>>>> -This file documents changes for QEMU releases 0.12 and earlier.
>>>>> -For changelog information for later releases, see
>>>>> -https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog or look at the git history for
>>>>> -more detailed information.
>>>>
>>>> I agree with removing the old log. But should we maybe leave a pointer to
>>>> https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog / the git history here to let people know
>>>> how to see the changelogs?
>>>>
>>>>    Thomas
>>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe in README.rst, just below "Bug Reporting" and above "Contact" ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Changelog
>>> =========
>>>
>>> For version history and release notes, please visit
>>> `<https://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog/>`_ or look at the git history for more
>>> detailed information.
>>
>> Ok, but IIRC the "ChangeLog" file is a standard file in GNU coding
>> conventions, so it might be worth to keep the information in this file ...
>> of course we are not bound to the GNU conventions in QEMU, but users still
>> might expect to find the information in here...
>>
>>   Thomas
>>
> 
> My point in removing it is just getting rid of the runaround. If we don't
> have the changelog information in CHANGELOG, why have the file and pretend
> like we do?
> 
> Moving it into README.rst makes it visible on github and gitlab to people
> stopping by for the first time.

Ok, fair point.

 Thomas