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

[Timothy Gu]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:56 PM, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

OK, patch dropped then.

Timothy