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Re: Notes from the version control BOF at the summit

From: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
To: Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>
Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org,Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:42:38 -0700
Subject: Re: Notes from the version control BOF at the summit
References: <m3llj3ukx6.fsf@gossamer.airs.com> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406042058220.11871@digraph.polyomino.org.uk> <75AAA9FE-B677-11D8-96C7-000A95BCF344@apple.com>

On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 03:35:19PM -0700, Matt Austern wrote:
> Stupid question: if we have atomic multifile patches, so that you can 
> give
> a single comment to what's conceptually a single checkin, then what
> purpose will the ChangeLog serve?  Won't it just duplicate information
> that's already there in the version control system's metadata?

You're pretty much right; we need the ChangeLog now *because* CVS is
per-file and the ChangeLog is per-change.  If the control system records
one comment per revision, then this duplicates the ChangeLog (to the point
where an FSF-style ChangeLog might be automatically generated from the
VCS's change record comments).

References:
- Notes from the version control BOF at the summit
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: Notes from the version control BOF at the summit
  - From: Joseph S. Myers
- Re: Notes from the version control BOF at the summit
  - From: Matt Austern

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