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ChangeLog entries [was Re: [non-stop] 01/10 Add "executing" property]

 > > Do you really think it's useful?  We've never asked to
 > > do this (see the cvs log of Makefile.in for plenty of examples), and I
 > > would resist; changelogs already take a long time to write.
 > 
 > It's common practice in GNU projects.  I'm quite shocked to learn that
 > some of us resist it.  Yes, our log entries are already quite sloppy
 > and unhelpful, but there are limits.

I find the ChangeLog useful as a starting point to understand when and why
changes to individual files were made.  It's probably hard to prescribe
_exactly_ what should go in but I've never looked at a ChangeLog to understand
when and why a dependency was added to a Makefile.  So I'm inclined to agree
with Daniel.  It's pretty straightforward to determine whether a dependency is
needed or not - no need to go trawling through the CVS history.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob
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