On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 03:37:23PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > 2008/3/9, Sjoerd Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 03:14:40PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > > > Forgot to CC the mailing list. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Michael Biebl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 09.03.2008 15:14 > > > Subject: Re: [Pm-utils] [PATCH 1/1] Generate ChangeLog on demand. > > > To: Victor Lowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > 2008/3/6, Victor Lowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > Since git has very fast log creation aand we imported the entire > > revision > > > > history from CVS, we can generate ChangeLog on demand instead of > > having to > > > > track it. > > > > > > > > > Problem is, a generated Changelog will never be as clean as a hand > > written > > > one. It will contain a lot of noise and be less well formatted. > > > > > > Otoh changelogs are redundant in the presence of decent commit logs and a > > source of merge conflicts. As long as everyone realises the commit messages > > are important a generated ChangeLog is just as good or even better then a > > hand-crafted one. > > > > Agreed, the merge conflicts are definitely a problem.
The original patch series explicitly discarded merge-related ChangeLog entries -- I removed that option when dbn expressed concerns on how available that switch is. Adding it back would not be a problem, assuming that we can make it a requirement that the person generating the official dist tarball have a git version recent enough to have the --no-merges switch. > About the increased "noise" of a generated changelog: Maybe it would > make sense to provide a NEWS file, which lists the major new > features/changes of a new release. > This NEWS file could be written by the maintainer, that prepares the release. > > Michael > > > -- > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the > universe are pointed away from Earth? > _______________________________________________ > Pm-utils mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-utils -- Victor Lowther Ubuntu Certified Professional _______________________________________________ Pm-utils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pm-utils
