from what I've seen in almost every other project, the ChangeLog is being used a SVC log mirror. It's the NEWS file that actually reflects meaningful changes between versions, not the ChangeLog.
On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 22:16 +0100, Vincent Torri wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Andrew Williams wrote: > > > You can of course have both. > > Generate a ChangeLog file from the subversion logs and have a subversion > > hook > > update this everytime a change is made... > > Would that keep everyone happy? > > not really (for me). The svn log would pollute the ChangeLog file with > useless commits like a warning fix. Do that with eet (which is tiny...), > and you'll see what I mean. > > Seriously, when an important commit must be noted in the ChangeLog (and > it should not happen a lot when the lib is released), it takes really no > time for the committer to use moap to update the ChangeLog file. I can't > understand why using a new tool is so disturbing for some people, and why > they are reluctant to use such new tool, especially when the commands are > so simple. > > Also I'm for using the right tool for the right task. svn log is not the > right tool, imho. > > Vincent > > > On 30 Jan 2009, at 19:23, Vincent Torri wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > >> > >>> I really dislike ChangeLog files, they predate any source control > >>> version. Now CVS/SVN/Git/Whatever nicely replaces that. So generating > >>> it automatically is the way to go. > >> > >> of course I disagree. Mainly because of an experience i had with > >> autotools: for the EFL, I had to check if I didn't use macros that were > >> too recent, or on the contrary if they were old enough to replace them by > >> newer ones. If I had to look at all the svn logs, i doubt that i would > >> have finished that work today (there are a lot of macro / features in > >> autoconf, automake and libtool). > >> > >> On the contrary, I just opened the ChangeLog files, did a search in it, > >> and it was quite fast for me to find the informations. > >> > >> That's why I think that, if it helped me, a changeLog can help other > >> people. Note that I agree with raster's position here: noting in a > >> ChangeLog only the most important changes. For example, even if I had > >> committed in eet repo (only formatting and autotools stuff, iirc), i > >> didn't modified the ChangeLog (Well, actually, i added one entry, to > >> mention that the compilation can be done with Visual Studio). So the > >> ChangeLog does not grows too much and has only important cahnges in it. > >> > >> That's my opinion as a user of a tool. And i think that there are a lot of > >> users who don't know how to use cvs, svn or git and are quite happy to > >> have some ChangeLog files. > >> > >> Vincent > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: > >> SourcForge Community > >> SourceForge wants to tell your story. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > >> _______________________________________________ > >> enlightenment-devel mailing list > >> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > >> > > > > > > -- > > Ce message a été vérifié par MailScanner > > pour des virus ou des polluriels et rien de > > suspect n'a été trouvé. > > Message délivré par le serveur de messagerie de l'Université d'Evry. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to > tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
