[webkit-dev] Changes to prepare-ChangeLog

[Adam Barth]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Mike Hommey<mh+webkit at glandium.org> wrote:
> I've always wondered, in the days of atomic commits and advanced SCM, why
> fill changelogs at all ? Except for CVS, RCS or SCCS, any SCM already
> stores the log of changes. Keeping a Changelog in the SCM is both a
> duplication of information and a stick to beat yourself when you
> cherry-pick or revert changes, or merge branches.

When I've ask similar questions in the past, I've been told:

1) Changelogs are easier to search / archive / fix up than commit log messages.

2) We can review the Changelog messages using bugzilla's review
system, but it's harder to review the commit log message.

Adam