On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:39:19PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > > there's lot of duplication between various ChangeLogs and the git commit > > message. This I have written a script to update the various ChangeLogs > > based on the git history. There's even some checks to properly dispatch > > the commits in the various ChangeLogs. > > We'll just have to run "maint-tools/update-changelos" once before each > > release to update all the ChangeLogs. This will avoid many conflicts on > > ChangeLogs... and it will be one hassle less for contributors. > > I definetly agree with your goal, to reduce duplication of changelog > information. But if we're already changing this, let's consider a > revolution instead of reformation ;) Do we really need to use the GNU > ChangeLog format? Why don't we just switch to the default format of > git log like e.g. linux does it?
I have no strong opinion on this. On one side I dislike the need for a tabulation before everything except the header, on the other hand I like the header which takes only one line. :) I wouldn't oppose an intermediary format either. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
