Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req.

[Bastien]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Bastien <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I'm quite convinced that nobody will miss ChangeLog files when working
>>> with Git.
>>
>> Users?
>
> What about "when working with Git" did you not understand?

I'm not a native english speaker, I may have misunderstood.

I've read the sentence above as "I'm quite convinced that nobody will
miss ChangeLog files whenever we will be working with Git" -- which I
disagree with.

>> Especially those who use Emacs from a preinstalled version, not from a
>> Git clone.
>
> So?  You can generate a ChangeLog file from Git, and we likely would do
> so.  But frankly: it is quite unlikely for users to look at a ChangeLog
> file.  

I did so when I was just a user.  But sure, that's probably a minority.

> What's interesting for users is NEWS.  For anything beyond that,
> you'll likely just clone the git repository as it is
>
> a) cheap to do (we are not talking about Bazaar here)
> b) so much more convenient to search.

I don't see anything to gain in preventing mere users from reading
ChangeLog files, and I see nothing to lose in editing Changelogs that
you copy into commit messages.  It does not even take more time thanks
to C-x v v inserting Changelogs in commit messages directly.

-- 
 Bastien