Inside your turbine directory you've checked out from CVS run: rcs2log > changelog Then you have your changelog. No need to have this maintained as another file in cvs. This along with webcvs and the mailing list should be plenty of places to see what's happening. "Diethelm Guallar, Gonzalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I'm willing to do it the way the group decides. > Before that, one suggestion to Jon: it is VERY > helpful to have a ChangeLog file, with comments > for all commits. This is usual in most Open Source > projects I have seen. This way, the ChangeLog file > has entries like: > > 2000-0820 12:44:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * src/java/org/apache/turbine/foo.java > * src/java/org/apache/turbine/bar.java > Now foo and bar do The Right Thing (TM). > > and the commit is issued like this (one liner): > > cvs commit -m"ChangeLogTag: 2000-0820 12:44:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > turbine > > This way, you can always check what files where committed as > a whole. There is even a key in emacs (C-x 4 a) that will look up > the proper ChangeLog file for the file you are editing, and insert > the commit entry automatically. > > This is just a suggestion, that I have seen produce good results. > If the wisdom of the group is to comment changes on the > commit message, I'll follow it. > > > -- > Gonzalo A. Diethelm > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rafal Krzewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:58 AM > > To: Turbine > > Subject: Re: No ChangeLog? > > > > > > "Diethelm Guallar, Gonzalo" wrote: > > > > > > There is no ChangeLog in the repository. Are we not > > > keeping track of changes in one centralized place? > > > > No. But there is a cvs commit list that you can subscribe to. > > It's [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to subscribe) > > > > > What is the usual committing procedure? Should I > > > comment each file on the commit? Should I create a > > > turbine/ChangeLog file? > > > > Yes, you should comment on every commit. You can > > commit related changes to multiple files at once, > > giving single commit log message. > > And no, if Jon didn't create this file, you shouldn't > > either. > > > > Rafal > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Search: <http://www.mail-archive.com/turbine%40list.working-dogs.com/> > > Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Search: <http://www.mail-archive.com/turbine%40list.working-dogs.com/> > Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jeff Brekke mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sites.netscape.net/ekkerbj ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/webmail ------------------------------------------------------------ To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Search: <http://www.mail-archive.com/turbine%40list.working-dogs.com/> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
