Re: Re: Commit messages and ChangeLog (Re: [PHP-DEV] ChangeLog)

On May 28, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Pierre Joye wrote: >>>> Is anybody using this file? If this is thee case could somebody then >>>> make sure it's being updated (and maybe take care of >>>> ChangeLog-200[6-9].gz being created) else I'd suggest dropping them. An >>>> outdated file might be confusing for users expecting content like we >>>> have in the NEWS file there. >>> >>> I do, what's about only changing how it is generated to generated >>> changes since last release instead? >>> >>> I'd to add that unless we add everything in the NEWS file, the >>> ChangeLog remains the only way to have a list of all changes (without >>> doing manually). >> >> Isn't that what "svn log -v" now provides? The format is slightly >> different of course, but it does provide the same info. > > By "without doing it manually", I meant when one fetches a release or > a snapshot. The ChangeLog files aren't updated because no one ever ported the ChangeLog crons from CVS to SVN. It wouldn't be very difficult - in fact one of the open-source scripts already out there for the purpose would seem appropos, it just hasn't been done. They seem to be standard fare in FOSS projects, so I'm -1 for removing the functionality, but +1 for removing the useless archives from all active branches. I wish I could volunteer to do the port, but I have too much on my plate right now :( -- Gwynne

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