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Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?
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Nikolaus Rath |
Subject: |
Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs? |
Date: |
Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:15:16 -0800 |
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On Mar 07 2016, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Nikolaus Rath <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:46:30 -0800
>>
>> When I submitted my first Emacs patch, I was astonished when I was asked
>> to re-submit with my commit message essentially duplicated in the
>> ChangeLog.
>
> One is just a copy of the other, so I fail to see a problem, or a
> reason for astonishment.
One just being a copy of the other is the reason for astonishment.
>> How can it be an increased burden if reviewers have to review just one
>> thing (the commit message) instead of two (commit message and
>> ChangeLog)?
>
> No one reviews the same text twice, so doing this will not affect the
> review directly.
Well, you are the one who claimed that it makes a difference.
> Indirectly, it will make sure your patches are cleaner, because
> summarizing what you did will frequently reveal subtle blunders and
> things you forgot.
We are talking about the advantages of making a copy of that summary,
after it has been written.
Best,
-Nikolaus
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- RE: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs? (Was: bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch), (continued)
- RE: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs? (Was: bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch), Drew Adams, 2016/03/06
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?,
Nikolaus Rath <=
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Nikolaus Rath, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Stefan Monnier, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/08
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Karl Fogel, 2016/03/07
- Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/03/07