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J icomment As\sTcl\sdevelopment\smoves\sto\sadopt\smore\sof\sa\sfossil-based\sworkflow,\swe're\sexperimenting\swith\sno\slonger\smaintaining\sa\sseparate\s<tt>ChangeLog</tt>\sfile.\sThis\sis\s<i>mostly</i>\sOK,\sbut\sone\sissue\sis\sthat\swhere\swe\shave\sa\schange\sthat\sis\sa\spotential\sincompatibility,\swhich\swe\swould\shave\spreviously\shighlighted\sso\sthat\swe\scan\sexplicitly\swarn\speople\sabout\sit\sin\sour\srelease\snotes,\sit\snow\stends\sto\sget\slost\sin\sthe\slist\sof\scommits.\r\n<p>\r\nWhat\swe\swould\slike\swould\sbe\ssome\sway\sto\smake\sa\stag\s(e.g.,\s“<tt>potential\sincompatibility</tt>”)\shave\ssome\skind\sof\sextra\svisual\sindication\sassociated\swith\sit\sso\sthat\swhen\sbrowsing\sthe\stimeline,\speople\s(and\sespecially\sour\srelease\sengineer!)\scan\sspot\sat\sa\sglance\sthat\ssomething\shas\shappened\sthat\shas\sa\spotential\simpact\son\sdownstream\sprogrammers.\sMere\sbackground\scolor\sdoesn't\swork\stoo\swell,\salas,\sespecially\swhen\sa\slot\sof\sdifferent\sbranches\sare\sbeing\scommitted\sto\sin\squick\ssuccession,\sand\sgetting\sthe\s<a\shref="http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/timeline?t=potential+incompatibility">history\sof\sthose\scommits\swith\sthat\stag\sdirectly</a>\sis\scurrently\ssomewhat\suninformative\sas\s(usually)\sthere's\sno\stimeline-context\swith\sthe\sother\scommits\saround.\sSince\sI'm\sonly\slooking\sfor\sa\stweak\sto\srendering\sbased\soff\sthe\sexisting\sdata\smodel,\sit\sshouldn't\sinvolve\stoo\smuch\swork.\sI\shope.\s:-)\r\n<p>\r\nIf\sit\swere\spossible\sto\s(ab)use\sthe\smechanism\sfor\sother\sthings\s(e.g.,\sflagging\smajor\sfeature\sadditions)\sthat\swould\sbe\scool,\sbut\sthat's\sa\smuch\sless\simportant\sthing.\s(It\scould\seven\sbe\ssomething\sthat\sis\sconfigured\son\sa\sper-repository\sbasis;\sthat\swould\sbe\squite\ssufficient\sfor\sour\suse-case.)\sBut\swe'd\srather\snot\sdo\sit\sthrough\sediting\sthe\scommit\scomment\sto\swedge\smore\sHTML\sfanciness\sin\sthere;\sthere's\squite\senough\sgoing\son\sin\sthat\spoor\sfield\sright\snow.
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