Subdir ChangeLogs

Tom Tromey tromey@redhat.com
Fri Aug 1 17:10:00 GMT 2008


>>>>> "Stan" == Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> writes:

Tom> Any comment on this?

Stan> I thought I did...

Oops, sorry Stan.

Tom> The concrete proposal is:
Tom> * Rename gdb/doc/ChangeLog -> gdb/doc/ChangeLog.old

Stan> Yes.

Is that an official ok?  Or just agreement?

Tom> * Rename gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog -> gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog.old

Stan> I don't like this idea so much. Partly because testsuite is a whole
Stan> complex of subdirs, partly because I still think of testsuite as a
Stan> separate "product" even though it hasn't been packaged separately in
Stan> years, but basically a non-rational reaction. But if everybody else
Stan> wants this, that's fine.

If it helps any, Classpath has many more directories than
gdb/testsuite, and a single ChangeLog works just fine there.  It is
actually clearer this way, IMO, since related changes are grouped
together.

Tom



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