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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [commit] Mention gdb-6.4 release in ChangeLog
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:35:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f2776cb0512020927p2652a411v7c4aa8bf3815914f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uiru7blv6.fsf@gnu.org>

On 12/2/05, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 08:54:37 -0500
> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:36:38PM -0800, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > > I added the following entry at the top of the ChangeLog in the head
> > > branch:
> > >
> > > 2005-12-02  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
> > >
> > >         GDB 6.4 released from GDB 6.4 branch.
> > >
> > > This shows when the release was made.
> >
> > Is this useful?
>
> I think it is.  Sometimes, one needs to know when a particular version
> was released.

People working quickly will definitely assume that whatever entry they
come across first marks the branchpoint.

I think we should have a single ChangeLog entry at the branchpoint,
and include the release date in that ChangeLog entry:

2005-11-21  Joel Brobecker <...>

        * GDB 6.4 branch made.  Released on 2005-12-02.


  reply	other threads:[~2005-12-02 17:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-12-02  7:40 Joel Brobecker
2005-12-02 14:38 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-12-02 14:43   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-12-02 17:27   ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-12-02 17:35     ` Jim Blandy [this message]
2005-12-02 17:47       ` Joel Brobecker
2005-12-02 17:56         ` Kevin Buettner
2005-12-02 18:38           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-12-02 19:14         ` Mark Kettenis
2005-12-03  4:20           ` Jim Blandy
2005-12-02 18:49       ` Eli Zaretskii

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