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bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Mar 2016 20:30:12 +0200 |
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> CC: rgm@gnu.org, 21998@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:23:20 -0500
>
> > > In concrete terms, what is the problem with these mistakes?
>
> > The mistakes are not being corrected.
>
> If some people don't correct some mistakes, that is unfortunate,
> but the existence of the file ChangeLog does no harm in that case.
> It merely provides an opportunity that was missed.
> The file imposes no extra work when people leave mistakes uncorrected.
>
> When some mistakes do get corrected, then the file does good.
>
> Moreover someone else who notices the mistake could correct it later.
I agree, but you seem to assume that ChangeLog files are kept in the
repository. If they were, there wouldn't be a problem. They aren't;
they are generated from Git log. And mistakes in Git log cannot be
fixed.
- bug#21998: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs?, (continued)
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Richard Stallman, 2016/03/07
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Richard Stallman, 2016/03/08
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Richard Stallman, 2016/03/09
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/09
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Richard Stallman, 2016/03/10
- bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Eli Zaretskii, 2016/03/11
bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch, Nicolas Petton, 2016/03/11