Re: Don't add ChangeLog entries to ChangeLog-less modules

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

On 03/15/2009 09:49 AM, Kenneth Nielsen wrote:
> 2009/3/15 Behdad Esfahbod<behdad behdad org>:
> > On 03/15/2009 09:44 AM, Jorge González González wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > El dom, 15-03-2009 a las 14:30 +0100, Christian Persch escribió:
> > > > Hi;
> > > >
> > > > Absence of ChangeLog, po/ChangeLog and help/ChangeLog etc. means that
> > > > the module in question does not use changelogs. (For example,
> > > > this is the case for epiphany, epiphany-extensions, gucharmap,
> > > > gnome-terminal, gnome-games.) However, some translators still add
> > > > changelog entries to modules that do not have ChangeLog files, adding
> > > > them to po/ChangeLog.pre-X-Y or ChangeLog.old etc. These files are, as
> > > > their name already indicates, not to be modified further. Please stop
> > > > doing this.
> > >
> > > didn't we agree that the standard was to have them?
> > What standard?  The norm currently is to have them, yes.  But if a module
> > doesn't have it, there's good reason for it.
>
> Like what?

Why does it matter?

behdad