Re: Script to generate ChangeLogs automatically

[Richard Stallman]

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  >      I think you're arguing about a non-issue.
  >      Remember what this feature is meant for.
  >      It is to make it possible to find  which
  >      changes affected a particular entity.
     
  > I think I might have mentioned it before, but IMO it would be much
  > more useful to know *why* a particular entity was changed.  

The idea nowadays is that the commit log entry explains the purpose
and logic of the change.  Meanwhile, comments in the code explain
why the code is written the way it is.

The issue that remains is that it is sometimes necessary to find which
commits changed some specific entity in the code.  The current format
of change logging gives a way to do that.  The issue is how to arrange
to do that if we no longer itemize the entities changed by each
commit.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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