Using the vcs_to_changelog.py script

[Jeff Law]

On Thu, 2020-02-13 at 11:33 +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 06:32:51PM -0500, Simon Marchi wrote:
> > For illustrative purposes, here's what the script outputs for the last bunch
> > of commits in binutils-gdb:
> > 
> >   http://paste.ubuntu.com/p/x38zs82Rmt/
> 
> Not fit for the original purpose of change logs as far as developers
> are concerned, but I for one don't use them at all nowadays to see
> what changed when.  "git log" and "git blame" are far better.
I'm in a similar position.  For years ChangeLogs were my go-to for
initial archaeology, but I find myself using git log and git blame most
of the time now.

> 
> Does this satisfy the FSF legal requirements?  "Who changed what"
> won't be accurate unless committers remember to set the author
> properly on commits made for other people.
RMS and/or the FSF blessed it for glibc a while back.  So it'd seem
suitable for other projects under the FSF umbrella.  I'm hoping we'll
make the same change for GCC, but there's some inertia to push through
:(

jeff