Renaming packages, trimming changelog and re-starting revisions?

[Jon Ciesla]

On 05/13/2010 11:13 AM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:12:39AM -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote:
>    
>> On 05/13/2010 10:05 AM, Stanislav Ochotnicky wrote:
>>      
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> we recently started a relatively big rename of several packages
>>> (jakarta-commons). There seems to be inconsistency as far as changelog
>>> trimming and revision numbering goes. I could not find anything on that
>>> point on wiki.
>>>
>>> So:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Personally, I'd say. . .think really old is around three-
>>      
>>> 1. Is is required to trim the changelog when renaming package?
>>>
>>>        
>> Please don't, but do comment on the old name at the( relevant changelog
>> entry.
>>
>>      
> Agreed -- I do trim changelogs of really old entries from my specs (4+
> years) once a year or so.  That's separate from renaming.
>
> -Toshoi
>    
Agreed?  I came out against trimming, not for.  I don't feel terribly 
strongly about it, though.

-J