Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] Updating ChangeLog for release

["Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange redhat com>]

On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 04:18:41PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> >BTW, quick tip for release time - you can automatically re-generate the
> >ChangeLog file with
> >
> >   hg log --style=changelog > ChangeLog
> >  
> 
> Okay, thanks.  BTW, why do we have a ChangeLog file in the first place?  
> Is it really useful given that we're using mercurial?  Does some 
> packaging system need it?

Just general historical pratice - its more for people who grab the
tar.gz and want to know what's changed than for our own use. The NEWS
file gives people high level info, and the ChangeLog gives fine details.

Dan.
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