Re: ChangeLog handling and git wrapper for translators
Raphael Hertzog writes ("ChangeLog handling and git wrapper for translators"):
> there's lot of duplication between various ChangeLogs and the git commit
> message. This I have written a script to update the various ChangeLogs
> based on the git history. There's even some checks to properly dispatch
> the commits in the various ChangeLogs.
I think this is not quite the right approach. I would suggest
instead:
* Delete dpkg/ChangeLog. This file is useless.
* When we want complete and accurate commit history, use git log.
* Ensure that debian/changelog contains human-readable and redacted
information. For simple changes `debcommit' does the right thing.
For more complex changes, perhaps ones which consist of several
commits, the debian/changelog can be written with coherent
information by hand.
Ian.
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