Re: [ovs-dev] NEWS vs. ChangeLog

2011-08-08 Thread Ben Pfaff
Well, I try, but it's difficult to remember. On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 09:39:50AM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote: > Thanks. Now we just need to keep it up to date as we make changes, so I > don't have to sift through hundreds of commit messages around the time of a > release. :) > > --Justin > >

Re: [ovs-dev] NEWS vs. ChangeLog

2011-08-08 Thread Justin Pettit
Thanks. Now we just need to keep it up to date as we make changes, so I don't have to sift through hundreds of commit messages around the time of a release. :) --Justin On Aug 8, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: > OK, I pushed this change as detailed at the end of this email. > > On Sun,

Re: [ovs-dev] NEWS vs. ChangeLog

2011-08-08 Thread Ben Pfaff
OK, I pushed this change as detailed at the end of this email. On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 04:58:51PM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote: > I suspect you may be over-thinking it, since I think most people just don't > read documentation. :) However, if it saves even one question, it's worth > it. In any

Re: [ovs-dev] NEWS vs. ChangeLog

2011-08-07 Thread Justin Pettit
I suspect you may be over-thinking it, since I think most people just don't read documentation. :) However, if it saves even one question, it's worth it. In any case, it is probably a more appropriate title for what it includes. Thanks, --Justin On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:

[ovs-dev] NEWS vs. ChangeLog

2011-08-04 Thread Ben Pfaff
I've noticed that many users seem to miss changes that we clearly state in ChangeLog. Some of this is probably due to users not reading any documentation ever, but I wonder whether some of it is because users expect ChangeLog to be akin to a commit log, because that's what GNU software puts in Cha