I assume you are talking about the upstream ChangeLog rather than debian/changelog.
The only standard I am aware of for that is the one described in the GNU coding standards document[1]. Many upstreams completely ignore it and the recommended file naming (ChangeLog not CHANGES.TXT or one of the other myriad variants). GNU ChangeLog files[2] are similar to VCS logs but have a specific format, that was initially hand-written. That said, Linux uses unadulterated git logs for its ChangeLog and I suspect many projects using it will do the same in the future. Please be aware of the difference between NEWS files and ChangeLog files in the GNU coding standards document. Most upstreams completely ignore this difference. GNU NEWS[3] files are a list of user-visible changes for each release. The GNU coding standards document doesn't recommend any specific format for NEWS files. I'd recommend looking at the various GNU packages for ideas. I include release version numbers, dates and the list of changes, maybe split up into sections. If you use a version control system, there are cvs2cl, svn2cl, git2cl and probably other scripts to convert your commit messages into GNU-style ChangeLog files, no need to reinvent the wheel here. 1. http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/ 2. http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Change-Logs 3. http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#NEWS-File -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
