[Gimp-web] Re: dgo

[Helvetix Victorinox]

> > I still like the idea of an interface to a ChangeLog, but I won't bother
> > with it right now.  What I would like to see is for the ChangeLog to be
> > generated from the cvs comments.
> > 
> well, this project involves several people who are not so good with
> software building software.  i am already feeling discouraged from
> committing my work, as i know there are people who get a steady stream
> of my mistakes and such.  

This is mainly because you do your debugging on mmaybe.gimp.org instead of
on a local copy.

A local copy doesn't prevent mistakes, but it certainly makes it much easier
to catch them before everyone else does.

> more than that, my trail is already terrible and full of mistakes and
> such.  this hand edited Changelog helped me some.  at least i know what
> the goal is.  but if such a thing existed, i guess i would have to find
> a project to practice on, so i could get that log right.
> 
> please reconsider your love of this log.  my real name is on it, so give
> me some sympathy.  please?

This is irrelevant.  My point is that the widely recognised authority
or changes are the CVS logs, not a file named ChangeLog.  If a project
needs log of changes, an accurate log exists as a result of CVS commit(s).
If both are needed, it seems easy enough to generate it from the CVS logs.

Helvetix