Re: [RFC] [gdb] Move ChangeLog files to archive dir

[Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>]

On 6/26/26 5:37 PM, Tom de Vries wrote:
> On 6/26/26 5:28 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> 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?
>>
> 
> The greps I do tend to be of the form:
> ...
> $ find gdb* -type f | xargs grep ...
> ...
> so for those, they won't show up.
> 
>> What if we just 'git rm' them instead?
>> Or is this too extreme?
> 
> Assuming all the same information is present in the git logs, I'm fine 
> with that.

I've decided to commit this patch.  My guess is that complete removal is 
more likely to run into objections from other maintainers.

Thanks,
- Tom