[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Move old Changelog entries to doc/Changelog.old

[James Almer]

On 15/07/14 6:52 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 07:15:04PM -0700, Timothy Gu wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99 at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Here is the right patch...
>>
>>  Changelog         | 1264 -----------------------------------------------------
>>  doc/Changelog.old | 1229 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 1229 insertions(+), 1264 deletions(-)
>>  delete mode 100644 Changelog
>>  create mode 100644 doc/Changelog.old
> 
> iam not sure this is a good idea
> the current changelog would then be in the release notes only
> and i assume would be overwritten with the next release notes for
> the next release
> 
> maybe its better to leave the changelog as is and just build new
> release notes for each release

+1
Lets keep changelog as is, updating it as usual, and then with each release we 
just copy the relevant latest changes to write RELEASE_NOTE.
It will also make merges from libav easier and will prevent entries from being 
lost.