* Stepan Kasal wrote on Mon, Mar 20, 2006 at 06:13:50PM CET: > > > > There is considerable variation among ChangeLog entries in packages I > > know with respect to the passive or active voice. [...] > > I though it's a problem of present vs. past tense, not actove/passive voice. > > The changelog informs about what _was done_ so there is no reason to use > present tense or imperative.
I must confess to not have been sure whether it was present vs past, or active vs passive. FWIW, info standards "Simple Changes" contains: | * keyboard.c (Fcommand_execute): New arg SPECIAL. | All callers changed. as an example; or later: | * frame.h [HAVE_X_WINDOWS] (FRAME_WINDOW_P): Macro defined. But also simple present is used. I could not find a direct reference to what should be used. Neither in gnits.info. Anyway, personally I don't care much, so unless there are reasons to prefer one, I'll just go with what the maintainer prefers. Cheers, Ralf
