Re: I broke the build

[Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>]

>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Megacz <patches@lists.megacz.com> writes:

Adam> Actually, if that's the case, why is there duplicated
Adam> information between ChangeLog and the CVS history? Wouldn't just
Adam> one of the two be enough?

There are various rationales for this.

One is that using a ChangeLog predates the use of cvs in the GNU
project.  So it is a tradition.

Another is that ChangeLog records all changes, not just changes to a
given file.  To get the same information out of cvs you have to write
a special script (AFAIK).

For me, writing ChangeLog entries has become a habit, so I rarely
think about it.  I use the ChangeLog entry as the cvs commit message;
I recommend this practice to everybody.

Tom