Re: [commit] Mention gdb-6.4 release in ChangeLog

[Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>]

On 12/2/05, Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> I like it.  I think I'd like to see the "GDB 6.4 branch made" bit also
> on the branch, so I suggest to make that change just before branching.
> The "Released on 2005-12-02" but can then later be added (and I think
> only on the trunk).

It would be nice to have the branchpoint indicated on the branch, too.
 But people do want to know release dates when looking on the branch,
too.

The specific maneuver you're suggesting, however, is impossible if
you're doing a "post facto" branch, using -D; I know Andrew did this a
few times, and I thought Joel was going to, too.  Post-facto branching
uses a non-HEAD revision as the branch point, so you'd have to modify
history in order to get the ChangeLog entry in there before you
branched.

The hair here is the result of having two distinct "histories": the
ChangeLog, and CVS.