Re: Packages with no changelogs

[Xan Lopez <xan gnome org>]

2009/9/26 Josselin Mouette <joss debian org>:
> Le samedi 26 septembre 2009 à 12:27 +0100, Emmanuele Bassi a écrit :
>> on the serious side: auto-generation of ChangeLogs is all fine and
>> dandy, but distribution packagers should care about the NEWS files being
>> correct[0]; a NEWS file is usually much more readable than an old style
>> ChangeLog[1].
>
> And generally I read the NEWS, but often I need more than that, and an
> appropriate ChangeLog is required.
>
> Furthermore, NEWS doesn’t comply with the GPL, which requires at least
> the modification dates.

If I read GPL 2 correctly it says the files themselves should have
"prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the dates of
any change", so it would be interesting to know if you think we should
do that too. Or maybe that's going too far, a waste of time for the
developers and a duplication of information that is readily available
elsewhere. Like ChangeLogs.

Xan

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