6:37 a.m.
I'd like to make a separate ChangeLog for etc/, since there are a large
number of them mixed in with the core and it would really make it easier
to get a clear view of what sort of changes have been happening, make
locating changes easier, etc. So I want to go through, extract out all
the etc/ entries from the main ChangeLog (splitting entries where
necessary), and put them in the separate etc/Changelog. (In fact, I've
already done about half the work; it's not that difficult.)
What do you think? Some may argue that I'm "rewriting" history, but I'm
clearly not -- just rearranging. All the history is still there.
Agreed?
6:59 a.m.
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:37:29 MST, Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> said:
I'd like to make a separate ChangeLog for etc/, since there are a
large
number of them mixed in with the core and it would really make it easier
Please. ;)
The fact that the *other* directories (lisp, src, lwlib, and so on) have their
own Changelog, but the top-level one includes both 'configure' changes
and etc/ changes, has been an ongoing source of aggrivation....
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7:11 a.m.
>>>> "Ben" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com>
writes:
Ben> I'd like to make a separate ChangeLog for etc/, since there are a
Ben> large number of them mixed in with the core and it would really make
Ben> it easier to get a clear view of what sort of changes have been
Ben> happening, make locating changes easier, etc. So I want to go
Ben> through, extract out all the etc/ entries from the main ChangeLog
Ben> (splitting entries where necessary), and put them in the separate
Ben> etc/Changelog. (In fact, I've already done about half the work; it's
Ben> not that difficult.)
Ben> What do you think? Some may argue that I'm "rewriting"
Ben> history, but I'm clearly not -- just rearranging. All the
Hi Ben, you have my blessing for this.
I'm strongly in favor of ChangeLog per directory.
Ben> history is still there.
Ben> Agreed?
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1:10 p.m.
Ben Wing writes:
I'd like to make a separate ChangeLog for etc/, since there are a
large
number of them mixed in with the core and it would really make it easier
to get a clear view of what sort of changes have been happening, make
locating changes easier, etc. So I want to go through, extract out all
the etc/ entries from the main ChangeLog (splitting entries where
necessary), and put them in the separate etc/Changelog. (In fact, I've
already done about half the work; it's not that difficult.)
What do you think? Some may argue that I'm "rewriting" history, but
I'm
clearly not -- just rearranging. All the history is still there.
Agreed?
definatly:)
looking thru smaller localised ChangeLogs will definatly be good
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9:26 p.m.
Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
What do you think? Some may argue that I'm "rewriting"
history, but
I'm clearly not -- just rearranging. All the history is still there.
I have no problems with that.
If somebody does object you can always move the current changelog
to ChaneLog.x and start two new fresh ones.
Jan
3:26 a.m.
>>>> "Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<jan.vroonhof(a)ntlworld.com> writes:
Jan> Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
> What do you think? Some may argue that I'm
"rewriting"
> history, but I'm clearly not -- just rearranging. All the
> history is still there.
Jan> If somebody does object you can always move the current
Jan> changelog to ChaneLog.x and start two new fresh ones.
This undercuts the purpose, though.
Put in a log like
2002-04-01 ChangeLog Police <finicky(a)xemacs.org>
* etc/ChangeLog: new file.
etc/sample.xemacs: ChangeLog entries moved to etc/ChangeLog.
.
.
.
It would be only 100 lines if just entries in etc/ were listed. There
are some subdirectories (about 600 total directory entries), but many
are 21.5-specific (unicode stuff) or CVS. Others (photos, pixmaps)
could presumably be abbreviated to just mentioning the directory, too.
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6:48 a.m.
do we really have to?
seems to make more sense just to put in one entry for etc/*. it should
be pretty obvious, if there are no etc/ entries in the top-level
ChangeLog, where to look.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>>>>>"Jan" == Jan Vroonhof
<jan.vroonhof(a)ntlworld.com> writes:
>>>>>
Jan> Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com> writes:
>> What do you think? Some may argue that I'm "rewriting"
>> history, but I'm clearly not -- just rearranging. All the
>> history is still there.
Jan> If somebody does object you can always move the current
Jan> changelog to ChaneLog.x and start two new fresh ones.
This undercuts the purpose, though.
Put in a log like
2002-04-01 ChangeLog Police <finicky(a)xemacs.org>
* etc/ChangeLog: new file.
etc/sample.xemacs: ChangeLog entries moved to etc/ChangeLog.
.
.
.
It would be only 100 lines if just entries in etc/ were listed. There
are some subdirectories (about 600 total directory entries), but many
are 21.5-specific (unicode stuff) or CVS. Others (photos, pixmaps)
could presumably be abbreviated to just mentioning the directory, too.
7:13 a.m.
>>>> "Ben" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com>
writes:
Ben> do we really have to?
We don't, it was intended as a suggestion (although the wording looks
pretty imperative, sorry, my bad). But if somebody does "grep
xemacs-ja.1 ChangeLog" they'll believe there was no change to that
file in human memory. Which is plausible: it was true, until a few
months ago.
Seems to me a couple hundred lines of ChangeLog is a small price to
pay to guard against that.
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