[boost] Re: Changes with new release

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-22 18:18:48

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

>>>>     "I have never quite understand why so many good, and often
>>>>     brilliant programmers, take it so hard when others suggest
>>>>     that they document what they do in easily understandable
>>>>     sentences. There must be something wrong in the educational
>>>>     systems of the countries from which most programmers come
>>>>     when they can not, or do not, want to write clearly."
>
> What I found most amusing in this quote is that in many of the
> countries the primary language isn't English, and hence lack of
> English writing skills isn't necessarily a flaw in the educational
> systems in question.
>
> But all this has somewhat obscured my suggestion of automatically
> generating a change log from the CVS commit notes. I know I'd find
> it quite useful, perhaps more useful than a manually updated change
> log. Boost commit messages tend to be relatively high quality.

I think we should try it.  It seems like a small investment which
could have great returns.  What do we need to do?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com