From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11931 invoked by alias); 24 Nov 2005 23:57:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 11924 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Nov 2005 23:57:27 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nile.gnat.com (HELO nile.gnat.com) (205.232.38.5) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:57:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB27648D0BC; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:57:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from nile.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nile.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19993-01-4; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:57:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from takamaka.act-europe.fr (s142-179-108-108.bc.hsia.telus.net [142.179.108.108]) by nile.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B9948CBF0; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 18:57:24 -0500 (EST) Received: by takamaka.act-europe.fr (Postfix, from userid 507) id 8828F47E79; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:57:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 14:15:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [RFA/doc] New Year Procedure Message-ID: <20051124235723.GL1635@adacore.com> References: <20051122195636.GR1635@adacore.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-11/txt/msg00451.txt.bz2 --HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-length: 258 Hi Eli, I agree with all of your comments. Here is a new patch with all your recommendations applied. 2005-11-24 Joel Brobecker * gdbint.texinfo (Start of New Year Procedure): New chapter. OK to apply? Thanks, -- Joel --HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="doc.diff" Content-length: 1619 Index: gdbint.texinfo =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v retrieving revision 1.230 diff -u -p -r1.230 gdbint.texinfo --- gdbint.texinfo 10 Apr 2005 21:20:27 -0000 1.230 +++ gdbint.texinfo 24 Nov 2005 23:54:50 -0000 @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ as the mechanisms that adapt @value{GDBN * Coding:: * Porting GDB:: * Versions and Branches:: +* Start of New Year Procedure:: * Releasing GDB:: * Testsuite:: * Hints:: @@ -5598,6 +5599,38 @@ merge. For further information on @sc{cvs}, see @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/cvs/, Concurrent Versions System}. +@node Start of New Year Procedure +@chapter Start of New Year Procedure +@cindex New Year Procedure + +At the start of each new year, the following actions should be performed: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Rotate the ChangeLog file + +The current @file{ChangeLog} file should be renamed into +@file{ChangeLog-YYYY} where YYYY is the year that has just passed. +A new @file{ChangeLog} file should be created, and its contents should +contain a reference to the previous ChangeLog. The following should +also be preserved at the end of the new ChangeLog, in order to provide +the appropriate settings when editing this file with emacs: +@smallexample +Local Variables: +mode: change-log +left-margin: 8 +fill-column: 74 +version-control: never +End: +@end smallexample + +@item +Update the copyright year in the startup message + +Update the copyright year in file @file{top.c}, function +@code{print_gdb_version}. +@end itemize + @node Releasing GDB @chapter Releasing @value{GDBN} --HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C--