[sane-devel] Upcoming changes for handling release notes

Wolfram Sang wsa at kernel.org
Fri Dec 31 15:24:29 GMT 2021


> I don't think we should duplicate commit messages. Release notes are for
> end users, commit messages are for other developers, so good release
> note and good commit message are completely different. It makes sense to
> write a release note only if the change impacts end users in a
> noticeable way. Many commits are refactorings and similar changes, so
> they don't need a release note.

Good you made that clear. I was also wondering why we don't simply
utilize the commit message. But the above makes sense to me, so I agree
to the proposal. Thanks for doing it!

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