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Re: Is a ChangeLog file realistic if /lots/ of developers adding/lots/ of changes?
- From: Paul Eggert <eggert at CS dot UCLA dot EDU>
- To: cs at gnumatica dot com
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org
- Cc: autoconf at gnu dot org
- Date: 19 Jun 2003 01:03:03 -0700
- Subject: Re: Is a ChangeLog file realistic if /lots/ of developers adding/lots/ of changes?
- References: <20030618233409.1556.qmail@webmail-2-1.secureserver.net>
cs@gnumatica.com writes:
> I want to follow correct GNU style but this ChangeLog file just seems like
> too much work. Doesn't everyone agree?
No. ChangeLogs take work, but it's generally useful work if done right.
I often refer to ChangeLogs to figure out what happened and why.
You don't want too much detail in ChangeLogs, but you don't want too
little either.