On 10/20/2012 10:03 AM, Chris Burdess wrote: > Mario Torre wrote: >>> No. Updating the ChangeLog is a requirement. >> >> Maybe it's a requirement, but to be honest, is also a very redundant piece >> of information that is already in the commit log, > > The commit log is not part of the package. People may want to download > the package and see who the contributors were and when; the ChangeLog is > a long established convention for them to do this.
Exactly. It makes no sense to make such a process change at this point in Classpath's history. We have always been able, in theory, to build the ChangeLog from the commit log. Nothing in this respect has changed. It's not a very onerous requirement. Andrew.
