From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30239 invoked by alias); 1 Aug 2008 17:27:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 30192 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Aug 2008 17:27:16 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net (HELO elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net) (209.86.89.67) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:26:56 +0000 Received: from [68.108.140.98] (helo=macbook-2.local) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KOyOj-00010k-DJ; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:26:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4893474C.3000103@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:27:00 -0000 From: Stan Shebs User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Tromey CC: Stan Shebs , gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Subdir ChangeLogs References: <487975AF.4030306@codesourcery.com> <48933ABA.2030601@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: ae6f8838ff913eba0cc1426638a40ef67e972de0d01da9404d06e588481e7c8f482be3154bc75bfd350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00010.txt.bz2 Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Stan" == Stan Shebs 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? > Since it affects everybody's workflow, I'd like to see at least one more opinion. Let's give it until the end of Monday, if nobody else responds, then let's just go ahead and do it. > 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. > I know I know, that's the rational viewpoint. :-) It does seem that most of src/ and gcc/ continues to have separate testsuite ChangeLogs, is that due to resistance or simply inertia? Stan