Re: [Gtkpod-devel] NEWS and (vs.?) ChangeLog

[Jonathan N. <j.n...@gm...>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 07:20:35AM +0000, phantomjinx wrote:
> "Jonathan Neuschäfer" <j.n...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Fixing a few crash bugs (patches are yet to come), I noticed Gtkpod has
> >a "NEWS" file and also a "ChangeLog" file.
> >What is the specific purpose of each of the files?
> >Whould it make sense to keep the NEWS file and replace the ChangeLog
> >file by a script that extracts a change log out of the Git history?
> >
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Jonathan Neuschäfer
> >
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> The NEWS file is a summary of changes for each version while the change log is the git history. There I'd already a script for generating the log, which I run to update the changelog then commit it before a release. 

Okay, that's fine. Something made me think the ChangeLog was updated
manually, so thanks again for the info.

Jonathan Neuschäfer