Trimming (or obsoleting) %changelog?

[Adam Williamson]

On 19/04/13 06:16 PM, Alex G. wrote:
> On 04/15/2013 05:30 AM, Richard Hughes wrote:
>> Is there any guidance as when to trim %changelog down to size? Some
>> packages have thousands of lines of spec file dating back over 15
>> years which seem kinda redundant now we're using git.
>>
>
> I've always seen the %changelog as a relic from times when we didn't
> have reliable source SCMs. For me, it is redundant (and boring) to have
> to update the %changelog, while I have the exact same information in the
> git history.
>
> I think the best way to go is to obsolete %changelog, and extract the
> changelog directly from git history. I don't care as much about how far
> back it should go. As far as knowing the package version (i.e. 1.2.3-6)
> for each commit, that can easily be handled with a git hook.
>
> So, why bother putting similar information in two places when there are
> better ways to go?

Thanks - I just won a small bet with myself as to when this thread would 
circle back to that discussion yet again...
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