[hibernate-dev] Changelog file in Hibernate ORM

[Steve Ebersole]

https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-9827

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org> wrote:

> If I may dig up a zombie thread.. :)
>
> What I plan to do unless I hear loud arguments to the contrary is to
> truncate this to just the current major release indicated by branch.  E.g.
> the 4.2 branch would maintain changes just for 4.2 release family, etc.
> This kind of goes hand-on-hand with what I am planning for the in-line
> migration guide too.
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Depends what you mean "sync it in master".  Its not like you should be
>> cherry-picking changelog changes from other branches to master.
>>
>> But, you should be collecting the changes from Jira putting them into the
>> changelog on the indicated branch(es).  Currently, that means anything
>> marked jpa21 should get copied into the master changelog.  Sames was true
>> for 4.2 before 4.2 was branched off, and 4.1 before that and so on.
>> Granted it is more difficult in an environment like we have where we
>> maintain multiple branches simultaneously.  But this highlights the
>> importance of marking versions correctly in Jira.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/04/2013 08:34 AM, Brett Meyer wrote:
>>
>>> I always maintain it in the 4.1/4.2 branches, but we admittedly forget
>>> to sync it in master.  Up to you guys.
>>>
>>> Brett Meyer
>>> Red Hat Software Engineer, Hibernate
>>> +1 260.349.5732
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve Ebersole" <steve at hibernate.org>
>>> To: "Sanne Grinovero" <sanne at hibernate.org>
>>> Cc: "Hibernate" <hibernate-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 10:42:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [hibernate-dev] Changelog file in Hibernate ORM
>>>
>>> If I had to guess, Brett probably just missed updating that during the
>>> last few releases.  I am open to discuss either option here; either
>>> remove the file or maintain it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat 02 Mar 2013 02:58:56 PM CST, Sanne Grinovero wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2 March 2013 20:51, Hardy Ferentschik <hardy at hibernate.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2 Mar 2013, at 21:19, Sanne Grinovero <sanne at hibernate.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  The file changelog.txt in the root ot the Hibernate ORM project
>>>>>> seems outdated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally I find this file useless. I think a link a link in the
>>>>> readme to the Jira changeling would suffice. However, I know some
>>>>> people think the changelog is valuable.
>>>>>
>>>>> But of course, it either needs to be maintained or deleted.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>> I'd prefer maintained, but otherwise deleted woudl be better than
>>>> misleading indeed.
>>>>
>>>> The reason I like it is that it allows me a very quick search on the
>>>> history of the current branch, while from JIRA it's not immediate.
>>>> Of course from there I continue on JIRA or GIT logs for more insight..
>>>>
>>>> In this case I wanted to double-check if we had dropped OSCache
>>>> support. I remember we had planned for it, but couldn't find tracking
>>>> about its removal in JIRA.
>>>>
>>>> Sanne
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --hardy
>>>>>
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