From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 121285 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2018 16:30:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 121263 invoked by uid 89); 5 Feb 2018 16:30:40 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy= X-Spam-User: qpsmtpd, 2 recipients X-HELO: smtp.polymtl.ca Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca (HELO smtp.polymtl.ca) (132.207.4.11) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:30:38 +0000 Received: from simark.ca (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id w15GUVrx017774 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:30:36 -0500 Received: by simark.ca (Postfix, from userid 112) id 910601E757; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:30:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from simark.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by simark.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6CC81E520; Mon, 5 Feb 2018 11:30:29 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:30:00 -0000 From: Simon Marchi To: Yao Qi Cc: GDB , GDB Patches Subject: Re: Stop updating ChangeLog? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <086c87fb608bf2ad17713a81ec19d36f@polymtl.ca> X-Sender: simon.marchi@polymtl.ca User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.4 X-Poly-FromMTA: (simark.ca [158.69.221.121]) at Mon, 5 Feb 2018 16:30:31 +0000 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-02/txt/msg00026.txt.bz2 On 2018-02-05 11:00, Yao Qi wrote: > Hi all, > The discussion in this thread > https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-02/msg00012.html > leads to a discussion that whether we still need ChangeLog. I start > a new thread to get more attention on this topic. > > In current development, we need to write one ore more changelog > entries for each commit, put them into both git commit log and > ChangeLog files. How much we can change to existing mode > depends the answers to these following questions, > > #1 Are ChangeLog files useful in GDB releases to various people > who build GDB releases? > #2 Are ChangeLog files useful in GDB repo to various GDB > developers? > > a) If answers are Yes/Yes, we keep unchanged, > b) If answers are No/No, we don't need to write changelog entries in > git commit log, nor updating ChangeLog file, > c) If answer are Yes/No, developers still have to write changelog > entries in git commit log, and we can generate ChangeLog on > release from git log. > d) If answers are No/Yes, get use to git to get the information from > git log instead of ChangeLog, > > My answers are No/No, so I suggest that we do b). I can live up with > c), but that needs change in the release process. What do you think? My answers would be No/No, though I don't build GDB releases from tarball, so I can't really tell for #1. I explained my point of view here: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-02/msg00036.html Simon