Re: updating ChangeLog policy to match binutils/gdb?

"Jose E. Marchesi via Cgen" <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:10:35 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tools.cgen.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On 29 Jun 2021 18:17, Jose E. Marchesi via Cgen wrote:
>> > the binutils & gdb projects are changing their ChangeLog policy: they won't
>> > be required anywhere, but people need to write detailed commit messages.
>> > can we update cgen to follow suit ?
>> >
>> > gdb: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2021-June/179872.html
>> > binutils: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2021-June/117016.html
>> 
>> I wouldn't object to such a change.
>> 
>> (I will continue including ChangeLog entries in commit messages
>>  anyway... after so many years I would feel "naked" without them ;))
>
> just want to double check before i start doing this ... it's OK if i omit
> ChangeLog entries now ?

If Frank doesn't object, I think it makes sense to follow what binutils
and GDB do, i.e. no ChangeLog entries required.