usefulness of changelog files

[David Miller]

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. :-)