Yeah, the ChangeLog is still generated from LOG=y commits: https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/branch-heads/4.8/ChangeLog (Note that the master branch's ChangeLog is not updated automatically; syncing it to the latest branch-head is a manual process that apparently hasn't been done in half a year.)
We've discussed getting rid of the ChangeLog repeatedly over the years. Nobody on our team needs/uses it, however there do seem to be some external people reading it; or at least that was the conclusion last time this came up. We could ask on v8-users if anyone would be unhappy if we dropped it, but that question doesn't necessarily reach everyone who might care, so it's hard to be sure. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:23 AM, 'Michael Hablich' via v8-dev < [email protected]> wrote: > My impression is that LOG=Y should be used for CLs which are notable/ > should be on a changelog. I think some infra scripts are using this > information but machenbach@ surely knows more about this. > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:45 PM Adam Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Back in the day, when we were still on SVN and all V8 releases were blobs >> of merged changes, the LOG=Y served a good purpose, giving those SVN >> commits on the release branch human-readable change descriptions. >> >> Now that our releases are merge commits on branches with full CL >> descriptions, and moreover the release commits contain a link to a full >> list of changes, I'm not sure the LOG stuff is buying us anything other >> than nags from the presubmit script. >> >> How would folks feel about dropping it? >> >> - Adam >> > -- > -- > v8-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "v8-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- v8-dev mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-dev --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
