Dear Peter Tyser, In message <1273091842.2451.4563.ca...@localhost.localdomain> you wrote: > > I still don't grasp what the common use of looking at U-Boot's entire > changelog is. What are some common tasks that require grepping U-Boot's > entire changelog? Are these tasks performed frequently enough that the > extra <1 second 'git log' requires is bothersome?
I'm trying to maintain some awareness of open patches. For example, when I receive a pull request I mark all included patches as processed; sometimes this includes tracking down older versions of the patches, or commit messages that have been changed on the way. And yes, the <1 second delay is bothersome when doing this frequently enough. > > -> wget -O u-boot.tgz > > 'http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=snapshot;sf=tgz' > > For snapshots, the CHANGELOG file is going to be out of date though. > It'll only list the changes that occurred up to the previous release. > This seems worse than not having a CHANGELOG at all as its actively > misleading people as to what changes their source code has. I disagree here. I find myself quite frequently in the situation that I have to identify the exact version some source tree has been derived from. Companies who maintain out-of-tree ports usually don't include any SCM information either. To me, the CHANGELOG is an extremely useful resource in such cases. > I'll quit whining, just wanted to give my +1 for removing the changelog. I don't consider you whining. I am listening to the arguments. I am not convinced yet, though. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime tele- vision. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot