"Alfred M. Szmidt" <a...@gnu.org> writes: > > * Fix All warnings with autoconf 2.71 - I didn't want to touch this > > before 2.0 since we had succesful build reports, but there are > plenty > > of old m4 constructs that we should use gnulib tools for instead. > > > > * use gitlog-to-changelog instead of manual ChangeLog entries > > > > I'm sorta still against it -- since it would ruin my work flow of > > being able to edit the ChangeLog file post-factum. But I am sure I > > can be convinced without much work ... if someone else does the > > work. :-) > > Modifying the ChangeLog that ends up in tarballs is possible, see how > coreutils is doing it. Many GNU projects appears to be moving this way > already. > > A flat file is going to always be much easier to modify than stringing > together sed expressions.
Sure, although the cost of a rare occurance should be weighted against the cost of everyday tasks. My experience with multiple projects is that using gnulib's gitlog-to-changelog saves expensive developer time that could be better spent on other more useful matters, so I made this change now. Surprisingly few issues have came up since the release, and the ones that did come up were relatively minor. I'll see if I can add some new feature and aim for a 2.1 release before summer to really send the signal that we are open for business again. The whois .org issue is annoying, since it means even a simple 'whois gnu.org' fail with 2.0. /Simon
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