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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2011-12-01 22:53:03 +0100
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2011-12-01 22:53:03 +0100
commit165a57d29d2ac84159aa48b171b6098c629bc798 (patch)
treeab27496fa66267a528333e2bb8f99077d57b0601 /doc
parent2e037baefdc40da6961721ad56fc7c38d4e492a8 (diff)
downloadlibassuan-165a57d29d2ac84159aa48b171b6098c629bc798.tar.gz
Generate the ChangeLog from commit logs.
* build-aux/gitlog-to-changelog: New script. Taken from gnulib. * build-aux/git-log-fix: New file. * build-aux/git-log-footer: New file. * doc/HACKING: New file. * ChangeLog: New file. * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add new files. (gen-ChangeLog): New. (dist-hook): Run gen-ChangeLog. * autogen.sh: Install commit-msg hook for git. Rename all ChangeLog files to ChangeLog-2011.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog-2011 (renamed from doc/ChangeLog)10
-rw-r--r--doc/HACKING25
-rw-r--r--doc/Makefile.am2
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog-2011
index 5e1e198..4f8b568 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog-2011
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-12-01 Werner Koch <wk@g10code.com>
+
+ NB: ChangeLog files are no longer manually maintained. Starting
+ on December 1st, 2011 we put change information only in the GIT
+ commit log, and generate a top-level ChangeLog file from logs at
+ "make dist". See doc/HACKING for details.
+
2009-12-08 Marcus Brinkmann <marcus@g10code.de>
* assuan.texi: Use our own copy of the setfont macro, as it takes
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@
2007-07-05 Werner Koch <wk@g10code.com>
- * lgpl.texi: New. Taken from COPYING.LIB and reformatted.
+ * lgpl.texi: New. Taken from COPYING.LIB and reformatted.
* gpl.texi: Updated to v3.
* assuan.texi (Utilities): Explain ASSUAN_CONFIDENTIAL.
@@ -145,4 +152,3 @@
This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
diff --git a/doc/HACKING b/doc/HACKING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d6b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/HACKING
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# HACKING -*- org -*-
+#+TITLE: Hacking notes for Libassuan
+#+STARTUP: showall
+
+* No more ChangeLog files
+
+ Do not modify any of the ChangeLog files in Libassuan. Starting
+ on December 1st, 2011 we put change information only in the GIT
+ commit log, and generate a top-level ChangeLog file from logs at
+ "make dist" time. As such, there are strict requirements on the
+ form of the commit log messages. The old ChangeLog files have all
+ be renamed to ChangeLog-2011
+
+
+* Commit log requirements
+
+ Your commit log should always start with a one-line summary, the
+ second line should be blank, and the remaining lines are usually
+ ChangeLog-style entries for all affected files. However, it's fine
+ -- even recommended -- to write a few lines of prose describing the
+ change, when the summary and ChangeLog entries don't give enough of
+ the big picture. Omit the leading TABs that you're used to seeing
+ in a "real" ChangeLog file, but keep the maximum line length at 72
+ or smaller, so that the generated ChangeLog lines, each with its
+ leading TAB, will not exceed 80 columns.
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index daea6e0..cc41a78 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
-EXTRA_DIST = README.apichanges
+EXTRA_DIST = README.apichanges HACKING
info_TEXINFOS = assuan.texi