ChangeLog entry complexity

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh.poyarekar@gmail.com
Sat Mar 30 11:43:00 GMT 2013


On 29 March 2013 07:21, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
> Cons:
> Resources spent on writing/editing ChangeLog entries
> Merging is more difficult
> git log/blame is "equivalent"
> Makes refactoring difficult  (long ChangeLog entries)
> Do not provide detail needed to understand the change (why/how)
> ChangeLogs are incomplete

- Artificially raises the bar for ad hoc contributions

Siddhesh
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