On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:40:12 -0300 "Eduardo Lima (Etrunko)" <ebl...@gmail.com> > said: > >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Vincent Torri <vincent.to...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Lucas De Marchi >> > <lucas.demar...@profusion.mobi> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Leandro Pereira <lean...@profusion.mobi> >> >> 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.
And I'm arguing we only need one of those. Lucas De Marchi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. Find out how fast your code is with AppDynamics Lite. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219671;13503038;y? http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
