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Re: What is on the 5.1 branch; Was: [rfc] Re: read_register_bytes() bug; was my Regcache revamp
> Which patch came after which is implied by
>> the order in which the entries appear in the ChangeLog file.
>
>
> That order can be messed up by snafus such as CVS conflicts etc.
>
> Why is it such a problem to label the entries with the date when the
> change is committed? I don't see any disadvantages to this, only
> advantages
The disadvantage I'm aware of occures when you're trying to determine if
a specific change has been committed (I tend to be doing this a lot).
The date (especially the pre ISO date which included the time) makes a
really good identifying stamp. Per other e-mail, this is why I'll
retain the date-stamp when committing a patch. I'll even occasionally do:
> 2001-03-19 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
>
> From Mon Nov 20 13:59:29 2000 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>:
:-)
Andrew