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

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

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.

Thanks,
- Tom