From: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
To: Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [gdb] Move ChangeLog files to archive dir
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:59:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fe8fc78c-2cfd-41cd-893b-36695c04bdc2@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260620114010.2417788-1-tdevries@suse.de>
On 6/20/26 4:40 AM, Tom de Vries wrote:
> We stopped updating ChangeLog files in 2021, and they are no longer
> maintained.
>
> If I want to see history, I use git log, so I don't use them for any purpose.
>
> And they're in my way when I'm searching for files, grepping, or refactoring
> using sed.
>
> Move them out of the way, into a root-level directory named archive
> (alternative names: legacy, deprecated, attic, stale, historical,
> unmaintained).
This is such a great idea, I am ashamed I didn't think of it long ago...
[I think "archive" is sufficiently descriptive FWIW.]
+UINT_MAX from me!
Keith
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-23 15:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-20 11:40 Tom de Vries
2026-06-23 15:59 ` Keith Seitz [this message]
2026-06-26 15:28 ` Tom Tromey
2026-06-26 15:37 ` Tom de Vries
2026-07-13 11:30 ` Tom de Vries
2026-07-19 19:23 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-07-20 17:20 ` Tom Tromey
2026-07-28 11:30 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
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