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

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Message #90 received at 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21998: Run 'make change-history' on release branch
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:23:20 -0500

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  > > 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.

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