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Re: usefulness of changelog files
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 14:20:51 -0400
> am i the only one that finds no value in the dedicated ChangeLog files
> ? other large projects (such as Linux) utilize only git to track
> history and seem to have no problem here.
I personally see zero value in ChangeLog's and I hope they die off
sooner rather than later. They are a burdon and take up developer
time duplicating information contained already in the commit itself.
It's not like you can find a ChangeLog entry and turn that directly
into a commit ID or a diff. So it's not like it helps you find out
the intent or context of a change.
The useful bits are all in the VCS, and therefore the ChangeLog is
superfluous. And it's not like we're in the business of doing more
work than is necessary. :-)