I don't think we should this. We haven't even had enough discussions about whether we want to deprecate change logs or not.
On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 13:32 Jonathan Bedard via webkit-dev < webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org> wrote: > A few weeks ago, I started a discussion about deprecating ChangeLogs. In > that time, we’ve had more folks using the pull-request workflow and more > folks using newer versions of `git` which break automatic ChangeLog > rebasing. I propose that on Monday, May 16th, we implement the following > policy changes for the WebKit project: > > - Commits no longer require ChangeLogs, they instead require commit > messages > - Commit messages are in the format of `prepare-ChangeLog --no-write` > > Pull-request workflows based on `git-webkit` already support this workflow > well, and `git-webkit setup` creates a `prepare-commit-msg` hook that will > appropriately format commit messages. In addition, `git format-patch` > allows us to create a patch which contains a commit message. This means > that contributors still using patch workflows from a git or git-svn > checkout will be able to upload compliant patches to bugzilla. > > This will, however, break contributors using pure-Subversion checkouts. > This is something that’s going to be happening in the very near future as > we deprecate Subversion entirely, so I think this is an acceptable cost in > exchange for fully supporting native git workflows. > > The last thing I’d like to note is that a full git-native commit message > policy now is something we can modify in the future if we find that > reviewing commit messages with “Quote reply” comments is not sufficient, > but resolving project disagreements on how or if to address deficiencies in > GitHub commit message review don’t seem to be headed towards a resolution > quickly. > > Jonathan > WebKit Continuous Integration > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev > -- - R. Niwa
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