Bug 471162

Summary:	need/missing CHANGELOG file
Product:	[Applications] filelight	Reporter:	GK <hgkamath>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	martin.sandsmark, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	23.04.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description GK 2023-06-17 14:50:25 UTC

SUMMARY
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I was trying to find out what changed from one version of filelight to the other.  
I was browsing the source directory.   
CHANGELOG.txt file does not exists.  
Its a bit annoying when an update happens and one does not know what has been fixed/changed.  
Its not convenient /user friendly to expect user to see/comprehend from the source repo commit log

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. goto https://invent.kde.org/utilities/filelight
2. try find version changes

OBSERVED RESULT
no changelog file

EXPECTED RESULT
want changelog file

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Source repository

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macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
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Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The changelog file should 
- document changes per release version
- it should be cumulative, with changelog of older versions
- it should have version in reverse data order (latest first)

It should have
- version-no / Date
- subsections: BugID-Fixed/features-added/features-changed/features-deleted

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-09-14 22:20:10 UTC

We don't use generally use CHANGELOG files in KDE apps. The list of all changes is called out in our official release announcements; see for example https://kde.org/announcements/gear/23.08.0 and https://kde.org/announcements/changelogs/gear/23.08.0. Search for "filelight" on those pages.