Re: Trimming (or obsoleting) %changelog?

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On 04/15/2013 09:05 AM, Pierre-Yves Chibon wrote:
> 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 :)

I see no legal issues with trimming a %changelog. We don't use that as a
commit tracking mechanism in any real way. :)

~tom

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