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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [git migration] The problem of ChangeLog generation
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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Matti Bickel <mabi@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote:
>> From my PoV, editing ChangeLog is like editing history. Complete no-no.
>
> It is possible in all major SCMs for a reason. And I (as a user) would
> laugh at Changelog entries saying "um, I got that bug number wrong, it
> is really #1234". If I (as a developer) log such edits, I'm wasting my
> users time.
Its not possible in perforce once your change has been submitted.
>
> So I'll continue to edit and commit Changelogs without additional notice.
>
>
I agree that you should do this (it is rather convenient for everyone
after all) but I don't think editable changelog entries are really a
blocker for this migration. It seems you can append to changelogs in
git which is likely sufficient for fixing mistakes that will occur.
-A