Mandatory Changelogs

[Andres Salomon]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:55:34 -0400
Michael Stone <michael at laptop.org> wrote:

> Dear Sugar and Devel,
> 
> ChangeLogs in the format described on 
> 
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Build_system#ChangeLog_Format
> 
> are now MANDATORY for package inclusion. Please write yours.

Ok, I have a *serious* problem with this.  First of all, this is the
first I've heard of requiring changelogs.  Second, making them
mandatory immediately (the Build_system wiki page was created
yesterday?) doesn't give people time to update scripts they might
have.  Kernel packages are not done manually; they are autobuilt.  I
don't know which ones make it into which builds.

I don't have time right now to update my build scripts.  Sure, I think
changelogs are a great idea, and I'm more than happy to update the
kernel build scripts to generate them, but I've got more important bugs
to fix right now for the Nov 2 deadline.


> 
> Special thanks to Bert Freudenberg (bertf) and Marc Maurer (uwog) for
> setting a great example!
> 
> Let me know if you have any trouble.
> 
> Michael
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