Re: sim: replacing ChangeLog files with online git logs

Hi Mike,

> > > > No the second proposes to replace the current ChangeLog with one
> > > > auto-generated upon release.
> > > > 
> > > > This ChangeLog would in effect be a reformatted `git log` output.
> > > 
> > > I don't object to that, either.  The question is: what we will require
> > > the Git log messages to contain then?  Currently, the entire ChangeLog
> > > entry goes there, but once the manually written ChangeLog files are
> > > retired, what will remain?  That was the crux of the recent
> > > discussion.
> > 
> > we won't require the ChangeLog-like entries in the commit message for sim/.
> > the generated ChangeLog will have name+date+git log.
> 
> i wanted to give time for people to respond & post any thoughts that they
> might have lingering before i moved forward.  since things have gone quiet
> now, i guess we've reached the end?  so i'll give another few days before
> i land the change for sim/.

Can you hold off on this for now? We're discussing it within the group
of GDB Global Maintainers, and we need more time to converge.

-- 
Joel