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Subject: Re: [devel] Big ChangeLog policy
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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 08:04:40PM +0200, Igor Vlasenko wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 09:01:25PM +0300, Alexey Tourbin wrote:
> > > =EE=C5 =C2=D5=C4=C5=D4 =CC=C9 =DC=D4=CF =CE=C1=D2=D5=DB=C5=CE=C9=C5=
=CD =C1=D7=D4=CF=D2=D3=CB=CF=C7=CF =D0=D2=C1=D7=C1?
> >=20
> > I believe that "Big Changelogs" are written in order to conform
> > to GPLv2 2a:
> >=20
> > 	You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
> > 	stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
> >=20
> > Thus, it is formally required to include changelog into source
> > distribution.  It is then arguably not required to include changelogs
> > into binary packages.
>=20
> Ok. It is safe to assume that robot should never kill Changelog,
> the choice is left for humans.

Along with traditional ChangeLog file, which is of little use to the end
user, many projects maintain a user-friendly (and developer-friendly)
file called NEWS.  The rule is (I hereby propose) that NEWS be packaged.
And changelogs usually should not be packaged.

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