[Zope-Coders] CHANGES.txt
Shane Hathaway
shane@zope.com
Thu, 04 Oct 2001 11:54:10 -0400
Steve Alexander wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm a bit confused about CHANGES.txt.
>
> Looking at the behaviour shown in the repository, it seems that if I
> make a small bugfix, and check it into the trunk and the current
> release, I should change the CHANGES.txt in the trunk and the current
> release.
>
> This allows people who get the current release to see what's been
> changed, and also keeps an ongoing human-readable change log in the trunk.
>
>
> However, this is at odds with the example at the end of this page:
>
> http://dev.zope.org/CVS/ZopeCVSFAQ
>
> Can someone clarify this please -- and then I'll add the official policy
> to the ZenFromZopeCoders wiki page.
This is how I understand it: If you're fixing a bug, you only need to
add to CHANGES in the branch. If you're adding a feature, you only need
to add to CHANGES in the trunk. Brian later stitches them together.
Shane