[postgis-devel] What feeds this Change Log and Release date is wrong

[Paul Ramsey]

SVN.txt is created nighty by svn2cl.
I actually replaced the ChangeLog in the latest 1.3 release with a
generated version.
I'm with Mark, we should remove it entirely. We can still include a
make target for it and release it, and have the online version... but
it shouldn't be in SVN anymore, it's not an artefact, it's a
resultant.

If we want to start being "formal", then going whole hog like
Mapserver HISTORY.txt strikes me as best.

http://svn.osgeo.org/mapserver/trunk/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT

Changes annoted in human readable form, only "big" things, and
cross-references to trac numbers.

P.

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 1:56 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland
<mark.cave-ayland at siriusit.co.uk> wrote:
> Obe, Regina wrote:
>
>> http://svn.refractions.net/postgis/trunk/ChangeLog which on home page is
>> tied to text  "Release Change Log" which is terribly confusing.
>>
>> I thought it would have changed when Paul put in the change release
>> notes.
>>
>> The  SVN Change Log (linked to here
>> http://postgis.refractions.net/SVN.txt) is ironically more accurate of
>> release state.
>>
>> Also the date on the home page says November 11th 2008.  Didn't we just
>> release yesterday or is someone in a time warp?
>>
>> Don't forget to add to list
>> ST_Transform support for Circular Strings/Curves
>>
>> (I don't think it ever got a GBT number because Mark fixed it before I
>> had a chance to complain about it :))
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Regina
>
> Yeah, I'm totally for leaving the ChangeLog during normal development, and
> then copying the final release notes into both the ChangeLog and the
> documentation just before release.
>
>
> ATB,
>
> Mark.
>
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