GNU bug report logs - #21998
Run 'make change-history' on release branch

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:09:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>
To: Emacs developers <emacs-devel <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#21998: Is it time to drop ChangeLogs? (Was: bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch)
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:52:04 -0800
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 On Sun, Mar 06 2016 13:07 (-0800), John Wiegley wrote:
> 
> I have always wanted to drop the ChangeLogs, so if the other developers agree,
> I'm all for it. Keeping ChangeLog style in the commit entry is not terribly
> useful either, since the diff output of log -p lets you know which function or
> variable is being modified. I've never missed not having that ChangeLog data
> in other projects, of any size. But that's up to the other developers and what
> makes their lives easier.

I'd like to open this up to discussion on emacs-devel, so that we hear from
our other developers. What do you all think about ChangeLogs, and their value
to you in your work on Emacs?

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