[guru]

This process should be automated. Bot authors should have the opportunity to select which bots they would like to add change log to and then the comments for each bot. This would stop developers forgetting what they changed and or being lazy and not updating their change logs.

Obviously no change log is required for new bots, thus the process does not need to account for a newly listed bot.

This change is good for everyone, its a win across the board and means we get more indepth information pushed to users aswell as more accurate information.

I feel like this is probably a @Arbiter @Cloud thing.

 

[boot]

Including a change log is good practice. Its overall better for their bots. If they wanna do a better job keeping track of their work then they'll do change logs without being forced. If you force them you'll probably end up with stupid change logs. Ex: Changed Stuff

 

[wet rag]

I've wanted to see change logs since I first joined Runemate and I don't even do them for my bots lul

 

[guru]

Including a change log is good practice. Its overall better for their bots. If they wanna do a better job keeping track of their work then they'll do change logs without being forced. If you force them you'll probably end up with stupid change logs. Ex: Changed Stuff

I worded it poorly, its not a force you're given the option to assign changelogs with pushes. Being given the option to assign changelogs with pushes when you've just pushed your code means you're going to know that information much better than when it gets pushed.

 

[boot]

I worded it poorly, its not a force you're given the option to assign changelogs with pushes. Being given the option to assign changelogs with pushes when you've just pushed your code means you're going to know that information much better than when it gets pushed.

You can enter info into the SVN, correct? The commit message should essentially be your change log. So why can't you enter a change log there and refer back to that once it's been pushed on RM?

 

[guru]

You can enter info into the SVN, correct? The commit message should essentially be your change log. So why can't you enter a change log there and refer back to that once it's been pushed on RM?

You could, but why wouldn't we have a proper interface for it. Especially if expected of developers. Without it showing on the push page the adoption of change logs will always be far lower because most won't bother or even know they could do it.

 

[foxen]

Maybe let us include changelogs when actually commiting the push on the website?
Something along these lines?: