On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Tobias Ringstrom wrote:

> I liked them a lot, and I bet I'm not alone.  Are they gone for
> good, or have you just ceased writing them for test kernels?

I like them a lot too.

Without the changelogs Linus is just a "black box"
which outputs random patches.

With a good changelog, we all have a much better idea
what Linus wants and, consequently, what kind of patches
we should give him (and which kind of patches we should
wait with for a week or so).

Also, the changelog items are a good way to keep track
of what's happening with the kernel, it makes it so much
faster to track down exactly when a bug was fixed or
introduced and what change had this effect.

regards,

Rik
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