Re: PATCH RFA: Use years for ChangeLog names

["Sam Lauber" <sam124 at operamail dot com>]

> As originally proposed here:
>      http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-01/msg00031.html
> 
> I propose switching the ChangeLogs to use year-based names rather than
> numeric indexes.
> 
> Specifically, I propose adding these files:
> 
> ChangeLog-1997: from last part of ChangeLog.0
> ChangeLog-1998: from first part of ChangeLog.0 and last part of ChangeLog.1
> ChangeLog-1999: from first part of ChangeLog.1 and all of ChangeLog.2
> ChangeLog-2000: from ChangeLog.3 and ChangeLog.4
> ChangeLog-2001: from ChangeLog.5 and ChangeLog.6
> ChangeLog-2002: from ChangeLog.7 and ChangeLog.8
> ChangeLog-2003: from ChangeLog.9 and ChangeLog.10
> ChangeLog-2004: from ChangeLog.11 and ChangeLog.12
> 
> There is one entry at the end of ChangeLog.11 which would move into
> ChangeLog-2003 rather than ChangeLog-2004.
> 
> Then these files would be removed:
> 
> ChangeLog.0
> ChangeLog.1
> ChangeLog.2
> ChangeLog.3
> ChangeLog.4
> ChangeLog.5
> ChangeLog.6
> ChangeLog.7
> ChangeLog.8
> ChangeLog.9
> ChangeLog.10
> ChangeLog.11
> ChangeLog.12
> 
> Going forward, in early July of each year ChangeLog would be moved
> into ChangeLog-YYYY.  Then in early January, ChangeLog would be moved
> to the front of ChangeLog-YYYY.
> 
> The intent of this patch is to make it easier to find old ChangeLog
> entries when you know the approximate date.  Rather than having to
> remember the association of ChangeLog indexes and years, you can just
> look at the ChangeLog for the appropriate year.  This is also how some
> other GNU programs organize their ChangeLog files, including libhava
> and libstdc++-v3.
> 
> When I proposed this a couple of months ago, Hans-Peter objected:
>      http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-01/msg00640.html
> I honestly didn't understand the objection.  Hans-Peter, let me know
> if you want to try again to explain it.
I'm not him, but everybody in the world dosen't agree about 
things.  Some of us disagree and think things are enough.  
> If this patch is approved, I will follow up with a similar patch for
> gcc/cp/ChangeLog*.  In fact, perhaps that one could be pre-approved.
I would like that.  Since ChangeLogs are primarily for 
historical intrest, a year would make it easier to find.  

Samuel Lauber
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