also sprach Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007.01.23.1045 +0000]:
> True.  However, when the package goes from version 2.1.8 to version
> 2.4.3, I have vague idea of how significant the change was, assuming the
> upstream developers follow half-way sane versioning practices.

Some people will commit 500 times to get a new feature right, others
screw up in a single commit and wreck all data. Some take an hour
for 100 commits, others 30 days for one.

Don't rely on revision numbers, version numbers, dates. That's what
a changelog is for.

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