Moving away from ChangeLog's?

[Richard Earnshaw]

On 04/08/2021 20:46, Luis Machado via Binutils wrote:
> On 8/4/21 4:34 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 12:12 PM Luis Machado via Binutils
>> <binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In GDB land it was decided that master GDB (and the subdirectories under
>>> its umbrella) won't require ChangeLog entries for commits anymore,
>>> starting with GDB 12 (GDB 11 has branched). The commit message will
>>> contain enough information and git log/git blame will be used as a means
>>> to obtain more precise information on what has changed and what commit
>>> made the change.
>>>
>>> Since binutils and GDB share some code, I'm wondering if it might be
>>> acceptable (and a good idea) for binutils to drop ChangeLog's as well.
>>>
>>> That may simplify the process of pushing future commits that touch both
>>> GDB and binutils.
>>
>> ChangeLog is no longer needed for binutils master branch.
> 
> Great. That's a non-issue then.
> 
> Sorry I missed the main thread last month about binutils moving away 
> from ChangeLog's.

I think we still need to sort out precisely what needs to happen for 
folders that are synced from GCC (primarily libiberty and parts of 
include).

R.