#1121 NEWS

[Andrew Cottrell]

In the source root directory are a number of files that are either empty, have a one line or the info in them is out of date or need an update or something else etc.

I think the following changes could be done:

1) The files in the source root directory should be checked to see if they can be removed so that only relevant files are left.
1a) I suggest the following files could be removed:
BUGS
NEWS
TODO
README
1b) Move the following files into the debian directory after checking to see if the file is still relevant and correct:
README.debian

2) There are also inconsistencies as follows:
2a) The COPYING file in the root is the GPL license file. I suggest renaming it to gpl-3.0.txt like it is in the install repo.
2b) The copyright file in the debain should be moved to the root and modified to be relevant for the overall Code::Blocks copyright as there is no copyright file in the root directory.

3) The following files are out of date:
COMPILERS

4) It looks like the process in updateChangeLog.sh has not been done since 2010 and is not included from what I could see in the README.release process. If this is the case then the following files could be removed or the process updated to reinstate it:
updateChangeLog.sh
ChangeLog
ChangeLog.xsl

    The following files would also need to be modified if these files are removed as they are referenced in them:
            codeblocks.spec.fedora.in
            codeblocks.spec.in
            Makefile.am

5) The following files are out of date and need an update:
BUILD (I would change the filename to README.Build.Windows for Windows and README.Build.Windows.Linux for Unix/Linux)

[Andrew Cottrell]

Patch to fix issues is attached.