[TYPO3-dev] Monster changelog

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

Marcus Krause wrote:
> Patrick Gaumond schrieb am 07/01/2009 08:20 PM Uhr:
>> Current changelog is 8800+ lines long and start at TYPO3 version 3.6.
>> Worst, it's weight is 438KB. There's stuff from 2003 there.
>>
>> Could we truncate it a bit ?
> 
> What's your exact problem with this file? Do you really need to get 500k
> freed? Do you regularly read the file and are distracted by older entries?
> 
> IMHO, this is not a problem at all.

I guess so too but... read it further.

> If there's a consensus to shorten the file, we could handle it the way
> e.g. apache does:
> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/CHANGES?revision=790587
> 
> 
> Example for 4-2:
> 
> At the bottom of the file:
> Changes with TYPO3 4-1:
> 
> * https://svn.typo3.org/TYPO3v4/Core/branches/TYPO3_4-1/ChangeLog

I would really like this way of shortening the file because it's more 
scalable and I cannot argue that keeping the Changelog of all revisions 
up to the current makes sense.

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Xavier Perseguers
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