Re: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 03/07/2016 11:43 PM, Karl Fogel wrote:

> Let's please take it for granted that everyone who's suggesting to get rid of 
> ChangeLog files is also assuming that we would, of course, use the same 
> conventions for writing git commit messages that we would use for writing 
> ChangeLog entries.  (As far as I can tell, everyone who wants to get rid of 
> ChangeLog files has either expressed that assumption explicitly or implied it 
> pretty clearly.  )

Not so. Many messages in this thread are saying different.

> Dmitry, you seem to be saying that a "patch's introduction (high-level description), 
> and its ChangeLog entry" are two different things.

A ChangeLog entry has a well-defined format. It can also start with a 
free-form description. Whether the latter is a part of it or not, is not 
100% important. Point is, it is a distinct entity, and I can refer to it.

The high-level description may also come separately, in a message to the 
bug tracker or the mailing list. That one may go into more detail.