> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gert Driesen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 11 December 2005 08:52
> To: Nicko Cadell
> Subject: RE: Log4net patch to fix ambiguous references in XML docs
 
> Are you planning on introducing ChangeLog files in each 
> directory, or do you still plan on manually assembling a 
> ChangeLog file for the whole project before every release ?
> 

I was thinking of dropping the changelog as the primary means of
communicating the changes made between versions. I think that the JIRA
issue list marked as Fixed In the appropriate version gives a much more
logical breakdown of the changes. It is broken up by functional change
and also links through to the SVN changesets. This is why I am very keen
on making sure that there is an issue to track each feature change.

The disadvantages to using the JIRA issue list are that it is not a
single file that can be read offline, and that it is not searchable by
changed file name. It is possible to get the revision history for a file
in SVN and the comments should link to the issue being worked on.

I just haven't found the Changelog file very usefull. If there is enough
support for having a Changelog file then we will maintain it in addition
to the JIRA issues list.

Nicko

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