On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:40:12 -0300 "Eduardo Lima (Etrunko)" <[email protected]> said:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Vincent Torri <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Lucas De Marchi > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Leandro Pereira <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> On 09/20/2012 03:28 AM, Michael Blumenkrantz wrote: > >>>> ah, if only we could do changelogs sanely like every other changelog in > >>>> the entire universe... > >>> > >>> I honestly thought Edje was stable enough that it didn't have recent > >>> changes -- and since ChangeLogs are traditionally written with newer > >>> entries on top, I just added mine there. > >>> > >>> I'll be more careful next time. I'll still mutter something about > >>> ChangeLogs being useless given we have commit messages (which can be as > >>> long as needed to explain stuff, is easier to merge, is as good a cold > >>> beer on a hot day, yadda yadda yadda), though. > >> > >> +1 to drop ChangeLog entirely. > > > > Here is the difference between you and me: > > > > you claim that YOU don't need a changelog because there are svn > > commits, so every people on earth just have to install svn or look at > > a slow websvn to see the changes, even those which are just "oupsie!" > > etc... > > > > me, who think that an average user of a lib should not need to > > install svn (or git or etc...) or use a slow websvn to look quickly at > > a changelog file. And I say that because it was in that very > > situation. > > > > You think only about yourself, i thnk about everyone. > > > > It takes time to write entries but i'm not lazy. I take that time, on > > my very limited free time. > > > > We are all talking about developers here. Mr. Joe Average user will > not use unstable software from the control system, but the stable one > released with the generated changelog, be it manually or automatically > generated. i guess here's the difference. NEWs and ChangeLog are intended for digestion at release time - ie sit in the tarball. the person compiling it (not a developer - packager etc.) digests these. he may use them roe package update/release notes, to see if he still needs to apply dome bugfix patch etc. etc. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;258768047;13503038;j? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
