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=D0=92 =D0=A1=D1=80=D0=B4, 14/01/2009 =D0=B2 20:24 -0800, Donnie Berkholz=
 =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
> On 11:05 Mon 12 Jan     , AllenJB wrote:
> > In my opinion the cvs commit log and the ChangeLog serve 2 different =
=20
> > purposes. The cvs log is for developers while the ChangeLog is for =20
> > users. While the cvs log will likely just want to explain what change=
 =20
> > was made, the ChangeLog should explain why it was made.
>=20
> So if you want to know both, you need to look in 2 places? That doesn't=
=20
> seem very nice to me.=20

We do not distribute portage tree trough cvs and rsync does not have
ChangeLog's. But even with cvs, cvs log is very slow ...

> Also in a distributed VCS, we'd want to generate=20
> ChangeLogs from the commit logs

True. But portage tree is still CVS and until this happened we need
document all changes in ChangeLog's.

--=20
Peter.