On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Matti Bickel <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: >> From my PoV, editing ChangeLog is like editing history. Complete no-no. > > It is possible in all major SCMs for a reason. And I (as a user) would > laugh at Changelog entries saying "um, I got that bug number wrong, it > is really #1234". If I (as a developer) log such edits, I'm wasting my > users time.
Its not possible in perforce once your change has been submitted. > > So I'll continue to edit and commit Changelogs without additional notice. > > I agree that you should do this (it is rather convenient for everyone after all) but I don't think editable changelog entries are really a blocker for this migration. It seems you can append to changelogs in git which is likely sufficient for fixing mistakes that will occur. -A
