On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 05.03.2014, at 00:14, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > Sounds like there is some motivation to work on this for 4.6.  We
> >> > haven't cared about "size" much last few releases but I know it will
> >> > be a factor in 4.6 or soon thereafter, where we'll address not just
> >> > .changes but other aspects as well.
> >>
> >> Ok, so, when condensing the changes file for the past releases, we lost
> method
> >> histories, right?
> >>
> > If we had done so, yes.  But as I understand it this has not been done.
>  For example, if you look at the 4.3 release's changes file you'll see it's
> full of droppings for running the TestRunner.
> >
>
> Then I fail to understand why the 4.5 changes file is
> ca 15 MB before condensing and ca 5 after, but
> 4.3/4.4 is around 5 MB (apparently) without condensing.
>   What do I miss?
>

I don't have 4.4 handy but I see 4.3 as 5.3Mb before condensing and 2.8Mb
after.  So I guess less droppings were created in the 4.3 development
process than in 4.5 :-)

-- 
best,
Eliot
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