Re: Using VC for change descriptions

[Paul Eggert]

Richard Stallman wrote:
> If we stop manually maintaining ChangeLog files because version
> control systems provide information just as good, we should include
> that information instead of the ChangeLog files.

Yes, and that's a stated part of the proposal: projects must maintain a public 
repository. The repository should publish all the relevant version-control 
information, including commit messages, dates, and authors -- all the info that 
traditionally would appear in ChangeLog files.