[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] remove main CHANGELOG file

Wolfgang Denk
2010-05-05T20:58:02Z

Dear Peter Tyser,

In message <1273091842.2451.4563.camel@localhost.localdomain> you wrote:
>
> I still don't grasp what the common use of looking at U-Boot's entire
> changelog is. What are some common tasks that require grepping U-Boot's
> entire changelog? Are these tasks performed frequently enough that the
> extra <1 second 'git log' requires is bothersome?

I'm trying to maintain some awareness of open patches. For example,
when I receive a pull request I mark all included patches as
processed; sometimes this includes tracking down older versions of
the patches, or commit messages that have been changed on the way.
And yes, the <1 second delay is bothersome when doing this frequently
enough.

> > -> wget -O u-boot.tgz 'http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=snapshot;sf=tgz'
>
> For snapshots, the CHANGELOG file is going to be out of date though.
> It'll only list the changes that occurred up to the previous release.
> This seems worse than not having a CHANGELOG at all as its actively
> misleading people as to what changes their source code has.

I disagree here. I find myself quite frequently in the situation that
I have to identify the exact version some source tree has been
derived from. Companies who maintain out-of-tree ports usually don't
include any SCM information either. To me, the CHANGELOG is an
extremely useful resource in such cases.

> I'll quit whining, just wanted to give my +1 for removing the changelog.

I don't consider you whining. I am listening to the arguments.
I am not convinced yet, though.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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