Re: Linux 1.3.45 change log
Ben Wing (wing@netcom.com)
Tue, 28 Nov 1995 18:56:31 GMT
Nick Andrew writes:
> > >Better still, rather than clutter the kernel sources why attach them
> > >to the start of the patch files themselves? Patch will just ignore
> > >these comments, and the logs will always be easy to find.
> >
> > The problem with this is that the patch files are transitory.
>
> True. I prefer to be able to 'diff' the various versions and see descriptions
> of why changes were made (or summaries) as well as the changed code itself.
>
> How about logging recent changes in the comment at the top of the source
> file and removing older changes after some time has passed? That will
> prevent the source files from growing without bound and will also
> provide some documentation of code changes over time.
The change logs that Linus sends out are really small, like 10 lines,
so there's really no worry about bloatage; and often they affect a
whole lot of source files, so it doesn't really make sense to put them
with particular source files.
ben