From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
Cc: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: ChangeLog fixes
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:43:00 -0000
Message-id: <3AA423FF.F0D5A72F@cygnus.com>
References: <200103050438.UAA17645@bosch.cygnus.com> <3AA3F7CF.B3A6B781@cygnus.com> <1010305222742.ZM5518@ocotillo.lan>
X-SW-Source: 2001-03/msg00091.html

> I think Michael's changes are incredibly useful to have, not only for
> my script, but also for those of us who use the ChangeLog files for
> research.  And it may prove to be especially useful to those who do
> not have access to the Red Hat's internal CVS respository.

I don't dispute the usefulness of this information.  However, I don't
think that rewriting old ChangeLogs is the correct way to do it.  The
basic idea behind a ChangeLog is that it is append only - warts,
spelling mistakes, and all.

I find it is the unchanging nature of a ChangeLog that makes it useful
when doing research.

	enjoy,
		Andrew