Re: time to retire ChangeLog?

[Bruno H. <br...@cl...>]

Hi Daniel,

> I think a changelog is a very useful thing to have, but I always felt that
> the one of CLISP is by far too detailed.
> 
> Perhaps this [1] could give an inspiration how to keep a changelog that
> only contains "important" changes.
> [1] http://keepachangelog.com/en/0.3.0/

This kind of log is "for users and contributors to see precisely what notable
changes have been made between each release (or version) of the project".
In GNU, the NEWS file [2] serves this purpose.

Whereas the ChangeLog [3] is for "people investigating bugs in the future".
That's why it is so detailed.

Bruno

[2] https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/NEWS-File.html
[3] https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html