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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:28:49 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Tom de Vries Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFC] [gdb] Move ChangeLog files to archive dir In-Reply-To: <20260620114010.2417788-1-tdevries@suse.de> (Tom de Vries's message of "Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:40:10 +0200") References: <20260620114010.2417788-1-tdevries@suse.de> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:28:48 -0600 Message-ID: <87echtwcb3.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 75.166.225.82 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1wd8U5-00000000XDK-2Fmx X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 75-166-225-82.hlrn.qwest.net (bapiya) [75.166.225.82]:58980 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 7 X-Org: HG=bhshared;ORG=bluehost; X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfK9AvcWKF0Wg5z0biTEa/2Y2jSqGhmhRwJetph6B647aeLmC4GJ27kQWbC6x6hVM/nkejSQ2g+1fzBLmT2Leh4trSewY4DWAFxnabVFCzw2jCq45dA2W jHZJXlG/IHUplatxOP0BWreUmqYc2dNXMtH5SKmw7ezF9+25bHgi1BvM/jevlNteaZ4va4NFWEPr/6lDzv4V/IMG2jn2YRhw3Bc= X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gdb-patches-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org >>>>> "Tom" == Tom de Vries writes: Tom> We stopped updating ChangeLog files in 2021, and they are no longer Tom> maintained. Tom> If I want to see history, I use git log, so I don't use them for any purpose. Tom> And they're in my way when I'm searching for files, grepping, or refactoring Tom> using sed. Tom> Move them out of the way, into a root-level directory named archive Tom> (alternative names: legacy, deprecated, attic, stale, historical, Tom> unmaintained). Won't they still show up in greps? What if we just 'git rm' them instead? Or is this too extreme? Tom