[Zope-dev] Re: Extend specification of how to maintain the changelog

[Jens Vagelpohl]

On Jun 19, 2008, at 09:51 , Christian Theune wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 09:08:54AM +0200, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>> See, I think that's bad. The change log should reflect all changes,  
>> be
>> it in a released version or from Subversion. Or be it a release  
>> branch
>> or the trunk.
>
> Please note that our use of the CHANGES.txt is more that of `release  
> notes`
> meaning it should have a more condensed form of what would be  
> available using
> `svn log`. I wouldn't see the point maintaining a text file that has  
> identical
> information that could be retrieved from SVN.
>
> The condensed form is intended to provide better usability than to  
> wade
> through hundreds of commits.

I meant the same thing, yes. The main point was simply that all  
branches and the trunk should always have a complete change log and no  
merging or picking stuff from one or more branches to get to the  
complete change history should be necessary.

jens