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Re: ChangeLogs
From: |
Jaroslav Hajek |
Subject: |
Re: ChangeLogs |
Date: |
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:02:47 +0100 |
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:45 PM, John W. Eaton <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 6-Jan-2009, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:
>
> | Now that's an idea I really don't like (because of the amount of
> | manual editing it brings).
> | In that case, I'd vote for getting rid of ChangeLog files.
>
> Yes, I know it is extra work (I've done a lot of it). But it is
> easier than always inserting the ChangeLog entires separately (i.e.,
> if they are not included in the diffs).
>
> | Using my approach, the entries bear their date of origin, but are
> | sorted in the order they were applied, which I always found enough for
> | all practical matters.
>
> To me, that is just confusing because it looks like the entries are
> sorted incorrectly.
>
> | Sure; but what to do with the existing ChangeLog files? Can they be
> | imported somehow into Mercurial? Can Savannah handle this? If we just
> | leave them, the result will be sort of messy, won't it?
>
> We keep the old ChangeLog files with names like ChangeLog.1, same as
> we always have.
>
> The information in the generated ChangeLog files is only from after
> the time of the switch.
>
OK, I'm fine with this solution. So, shall we do it now?
--
RNDr. Jaroslav Hajek
computing expert
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLU)
Prague, Czech Republic
url: www.highegg.matfyz.cz
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- Re: ChangeLogs, Daniel J Sebald, 2009/01/06
- Re: ChangeLogs, John W. Eaton, 2009/01/06
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- Re: ChangeLogs, John W. Eaton, 2009/01/06
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