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"Changes" is about "versions" not "revisions" (Score:1)

by dpisoni (6979) on 2006.08.30 15:34 (#49662) Homepage Journal

Perhaps I'm splitting hairs a bit too much, but IMHO "Changes" should tell you INTERESTING things that have changed since the last release (or rather, the last time you updated the VERSION number.) Having a file that captures things which are
1) only of interest to the project's developers, and
2) precisely what said developers could learn by running svn/cvs/p4/etc 'log' command
seems entirely superfluous. Better to not have the "Changes" file at all, in that case.

My $0.02,
David

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