Re: Trimming (or obsoleting) %changelog?

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On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 07:43 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Richard Hughes wrote:
> 
> > Is there any guidance as when to trim %changelog down to size? Some
> > packages have thousands of lines of spec file dating back over 15
> > years which seem kinda redundant now we're using git.
> 
> To me, common sense dictates that it's perfectly ok to trim the length of 
> the changelog as long as items that are relevant to the current release are 
> kept intact.  Use your best judgement where that position lies.

I wonder if there are legal issues involved as the %changelog also list
all the person that worked on that spec file.
As for all project, in case of licensing changes, you need to know all
the authors that ever contributed to the project.
But again, IANAL :)

Pierre
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