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Re: One NEWS file to rule them all.
On 5/8/2012 6:35 PM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2012, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I'll update the wiki and start talking about the changes.
> I'd say the changes needed to bring into effect the use of NEWS for both
> libc and ports are:
>
> * Check all the ChangeLog files in ports for [BZ #] numbers for bugs fixed
> since 2.15, and add them to the NEWS file.
>
> * Note the following ports changes in NEWS individually:
>
> - (Update to existing entry) IA64 moved from libc to ports.
>
> - ARM hard-float dynamic linker, as discussed.
>
> - ARM old-ABI support removed.
>
> - CRIS support removed.
In addition, since Tile support wasn't fully functional in 2.15, and we
haven't yet released a 2.15.1 that supports it, it appears that 2.16 will
chronologically be the first release to support Tile. Perhaps it's
appropriate to list Tile support in the NEWS file as well.
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