Delete ChangeLog files Was :Re: ChangeLog change to .ChangeLog

[Sebastian Huber]

On 03/06/2013 08:19 PM, Gedare Bloom wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Ralf Corsepius<ralf.corsepius at rtems.org>  wrote:
>> >On 03/06/2013 06:44 PM, Thomas Doerfler wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>Ralf,
>>> >>
>>> >>Am 06.03.2013 18:34, schrieb Ralf Corsepius:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>On 03/06/2013 04:20 PM, Gedare Bloom wrote:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>If the ChangeLog entry text is by and large replicated already in the
>>>>> >>>>git log, then I see no reason to keep the files hanging around
>>>>> >>>>bit-rotting.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>Again, ... the git-logs are a temporary internal implementation detail,
>>>> >>>the ChangeLog files are legal documents.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>Can you elaborate this more clearly?
>> >
>> >Whatever data is stored in whatever VCS is being used at a certain point in
>> >time is completely irrelevant.
>> >
> The VCS stores timestamps, authorship info, and changes much better
> than we ever could with manual ChangeLog entries.
>

The change set and the meta data which compose a commit in Git are also 
protected by the SHA1.  So it is currently computational infeasible to change 
elements of the commit without changing the hash value.

I would prefer that everyone expressing legal statements on this list quotes 
also the relevant laws, judicial comments, and verdicts.  Expressions like 
"legal document" are meaningless without such references.

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