[TYPO3-core] RFC: #11473: ChangeLog is quite big and could be split to multiple files

[Xavier Perseguers]

+1 after thinking ;-)

Ingmar Schlecht wrote:
> This is an SVN patch request.
> 
> Type: Organizational things
> 
> Bugtracker references:
> http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=11473
> 
> Problem:
> The ChangeLog file is getting bigger and bigger, though usually people
> are only interested in the changes since the last major revision.
> 
> Solution:
> In order to shorten (i.e. split up into multiple files) the file, Marcus
> Krause suggested the following to the dev mailing list:
> 
> 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 older ChangeLogs would be
> referenced like this:
> 
> Changes with TYPO3 4-1:
> * https://svn.typo3.org/TYPO3v4/Core/branches/TYPO3_4-1/ChangeLog
> 
> Branches:
> TYPO3_4-0, TYPO3_4-1, TYPO3_4-2 and trunk
> 
> (needs to be all of those branches so the suggested link to old
> ChangeLogs like
> https://svn.typo3.org/TYPO3v4/Core/branches/TYPO3_4-1/ChangeLog would work)
> 
> cheers
> Ingmar


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