several messages

Gerald Pfeifer pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at
Wed Dec 13 10:25:00 GMT 2000


On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> We haven't used the contrib directory for add-on patches so far, it seems
> to function more as a repository for infrastructure-related utilities.

For that we have been using wwwdocs/htdocs/install. That way, the web
pages (which are also referred to from the installation documentation we
ship with releases) can contain updated patches and mention them form
specific.html, plus this directory is also shipped as part of releases.

> It might make more sense to put a pointer to your web page somewhere
> where people can find it, maybe the release notes.  OTOH this can lose
> if the web page goes away or changes its name.

I agree, and that's also why I think...

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Mike Stump wrote:
> Sure, why not have him send the patches to gcc-patches (even though we
> know they won't be accepted (if that is the case)), and then add
> release notes to the .3 distribution that has the URL

...this is not the ideal approach. Mailing list archives may, for one
reason or the other, break, much easier than regular pages (especially
as the relevant ones are also included in our tarballs).

(Not that I am intending to ever break the web archives, rather to the
contrary!)

Gerald
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