Knowing *who* made the change is often even more useful than the change comment.
uriel On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Charles Forsyth <fors...@terzarima.net> wrote: >>> i've rarely found per-change histories to be any more useful than >>> most other comments, i'm afraid. > >>And that meant that math texts and math teaching was all about polished >>final results. > > ah. my statement was ambiguous. > i meant per-change chatter in the history, not the changes in the history. > it's fine to have the chatter, but it isn't essential, because nothing > relies on it, in the sense that the chatter causes the system to change its > behaviour. > >
