Important: ChangeLog from now on, and some other reminders

[Heiko Becker]

On Wednesday, 3 February 2021 17:11:15 CET, Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> starting from the 2.9.0.71 tag, please use the ChangeLog again for all
> major changes.
>
> It is essential to keep track of feature additions and removals, major
> commits and changes in the underlying structure (DB changes, etc.) and of
> course all fixed bugs.
>
> I sadly lost a bit track on the status of the commit hooks, so somebody
> more knowledgeable than me should chime in here and provide the
> necessary information, especially if there have been changes from the
> previous use of hooks, as documented here:
> https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/amarok
> /-/blob/master/HACKING/commit-template

https://community.kde.org/Policies/Commit_Policy#Special_keywords_in_GIT_and_SVN_log_messages 
is probably the canonical source of truth,  at least community wide.

> It would also be useful to check on the documentation in the HACKING folder
> (see above) and correct any outdated material (or ping me to tell me what
> should be changed so I can do it).
>
> The same goes for all the other mandatory files like README (very important
> for dependencies like MariaDB embedded...*cough*)

I'll try to have a look tonight and adjust some outdated things.

Best regards,
Heiko