From: Marc-Andre Lafortune <ruby-core-mailing-list@...>
Date: 2010-06-05T15:01:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:30600] Why the ChangeLog?

Hi!

What is the use of the ChangeLog?

Isn't it basically redundant with {svn,git} log while being much less
powerful? Even for those without a local repository, the list of
commits is available online, globally or per file, as HTML or rss
feed, etc., so I'm curious as to who ever looks at the ChangeLog and
what for.

It's not a big problem to keep up to date with the right script, but
it has some drawbacks. I always fear I'll forget to do it. It
complicates cherry-picking commits for backports or reorganisation. In
case the remote repo has been updated, the commits won't rebase
without a conflict.

I'd naively suggest getting rid of it entirely, or at worst generate
it automatically before an official release.



In a similar vein, I presume the NEWS in trunk will be reset, now that
we've branched off 1.9.2?


While I'm at it, are there official plans for a release of 1.8.8? Will
it be the last release in the 1.8 line, as I'm expecting we'll
definitely want to encourage everyone to upgrade at some point to
1.9.2+ while it's out?

Thanks

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Marc-Andr�