atari800-users

[Atari800-users] Re: request for comments (was Re: sourceforge)

[Piotr F. <P....@el...>]

> > Is there a standard format for it?
> > If not, then instead of:
> >
> > 2001/11/27 - who
> > o what1
> > o what2
> >
> > I would prefer:
> >
> > --- 2001/11/27 - who
> > what1
> >
> > --- 2001/11/27 - who
> > what2
>
> I just tried it but it looks weird. Especially when one makes a lot of
> changes in one day.
>
So let's use GNU style:

1998-08-17  Richard Stallman  <rm...@gn...>

* register.el (insert-register): Return nil.
(jump-to-register): Likewise.

* sort.el (sort-subr): Return nil.

* tex-mode.el (tex-bibtex-file, tex-file, tex-region):
Restart the tex shell if process is gone or stopped.
(tex-shell-running): New function.

* expr.c (store_one_arg): Round size up for move_block_to_reg.
(expand_call): Round up when emitting USE insns.
* stmt.c (assign_parms): Round size up for move_block_from_reg.


> > > BTW, if CHANGES end up at 1.0.7, will we rewrite the CHANGES since
then
> > > to include dates and more info? At least approximately?
> >
> > I can split my entry to CHANGES into an entry to ChangeLog (for
> > developers) and an entry to NEWS (for users).
>
> Please do that when you'll see the ChangeLog appears in CVS (in ten
minutes?).
>
Do you ask me to write about my old changes in ChangeLog ?

BTW. Will we move the CVS to sf.net ? I haven't succeed in creating an
account there, but I can try again.

Piotr

Re: [Atari800-users] Re: request for comments (was Re: sourceforge)

[Petr S. <pst...@so...>]

> So let's use GNU style:

I checked a couple of GNU packages and found very different ChangeLogs.

> > > I can split my entry to CHANGES into an entry to ChangeLog (for
> > > developers) and an entry to NEWS (for users).
> >
> > Please do that when you'll see the ChangeLog appears in CVS (in ten
> minutes?).
> >
> Do you ask me to write about my old changes in ChangeLog ?

You said you would split your entry. I understood that you would do that
since 1.0.7 changes, at least roughly. Actually we would be more
interested in NEWS (i.e. user related information) since 1.0.7 because
you did a lot of great things that are unknown for us.

> BTW. Will we move the CVS to sf.net ? I haven't succeed in creating an
> account there, but I can try again.

Well. CVS on sf.net would allow me to do automatic nightly shapshots and
easier releases, it seems. Also, following the "keep everything under
one umbrella" rule I moved the WWW pages, file releases and mailing list
there. So CVS should follow them obviously.

I have an account on sf.net and participate in another project already
so I can tell you that it's definitely much slower CVS access compared
to current state when it runs on my local network ;-) But at the same
time it could be faster for you in Poland, who knows.

Let's make a test: choose a random project at sf.net (I participate in
emutos.sf.net) and measure the time needed for complete checkout. Well,
this is actually uncomparable because that project is much larger than
atari800. Hmm.

My intention was to release 1.2.1 later today, pack the CVS repository
and send it over to sf.net staff for installing it. Let me know quickly
if I you wanted to say with the CVS at my server.

Petr

Re: [Atari800-users] Re: request for comments (was Re: sourceforge)

[Piotr F. <P....@el...>]

> > So let's use GNU style:
>
> I checked a couple of GNU packages and found very different ChangeLogs.

That's right. But there's "GNU Coding Standards" doc on www.gnu.org. The
style proposed there looks good IMHO.
>
> > Do you ask me to write about my old changes in ChangeLog ?
>
> You said you would split your entry. I understood that you would do that
> since 1.0.7 changes, at least roughly.

That's right, I'll do it today.

> Actually we would be more
> interested in NEWS (i.e. user related information) since 1.0.7 because
> you did a lot of great things that are unknown for us.

Actually everything is described in CHANGES. Did I omit anything?

Piotr