On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Mike Hommey<mh+web...@glandium.org> wrote: > I've always wondered, in the days of atomic commits and advanced SCM, why > fill changelogs at all ? Except for CVS, RCS or SCCS, any SCM already > stores the log of changes. Keeping a Changelog in the SCM is both a > duplication of information and a stick to beat yourself when you > cherry-pick or revert changes, or merge branches.
When I've ask similar questions in the past, I've been told: 1) Changelogs are easier to search / archive / fix up than commit log messages. 2) We can review the Changelog messages using bugzilla's review system, but it's harder to review the commit log message. Adam _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
