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From: <sv...@va...> - 2012-07-28 12:23:56
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philippe 2012-07-28 13:23:48 +0100 (Sat, 28 Jul 2012)
New Revision: 12796
Log:
clarify 2 NEWS entries to indicate that these are for tool developpers.
(NB: I am wondering if these entries should be put in NEWS at all.
Is NEWS targetted at end users only ?
Or at "tool developper users also' ?)
Modified files:
trunk/NEWS
Modified: trunk/NEWS (+3 -3)
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--- trunk/NEWS 2012-07-28 12:13:47 +01:00 (rev 12795)
+++ trunk/NEWS 2012-07-28 13:23:48 +01:00 (rev 12796)
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@
* The C++ demangler has been updated so as to work well with C++
compiled by up to at least g++ 4.6.
-* Replacement/wrapping can be made more flexible thanks to the new option
- --soname-synonyms.
+* Tool developpers can make replacement/wrapping more flexible thanks
+ to the new option --soname-synonyms.
* The new option --fair-sched allows to control the locking mechanism
used by Valgrind. The locking mechanism influences the performance
and scheduling of multithreaded applications (in particular
on multiprocessor/multicore systems).
-* Support to run Valgrind on Valgrind has been improved.
+* For tool developpers: support to run Valgrind on Valgrind has been improved.
* gdbserver now shows the float shadow registers as integer
rather than float values, as the shadow values are mostly
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From: Florian K. <br...@ac...> - 2012-07-28 14:09:23
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On 07/28/2012 08:23 AM, sv...@va... wrote: > philippe 2012-07-28 13:23:48 +0100 (Sat, 28 Jul 2012) > > New Revision: 12796 > > Log: > clarify 2 NEWS entries to indicate that these are for tool developpers. > > (NB: I am wondering if these entries should be put in NEWS at all. > Is NEWS targetted at end users only ? > Or at "tool developper users also' ?) My understanding is: - developer only items should not go into NEWS (but many slip through, because they are often in bugzilla and then get recorded when the item is resolved) - fixes to the web page are not recorded in NEWS - bugzillas closed as invalid or wontfix are not recorded in NEWS Generally, NEWS is target at end users. That's at least what I think. Florian |
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From: Julian S. <js...@ac...> - 2012-07-31 09:47:58
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> Generally, NEWS is target at end users. That's at least what I think. I don't think this has ever been discussed/thought through before. I would prefer for even developer-only changes to go in NEWS, so that it contains a list of all significant changes. If developer changes are not listed in NEWS, then they aren't listed anywhere, which is not good. In recent releases I have tried to group the items to at least make it clear which affect end-users and which don't -- I think that's a not bad compromise. J |
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From: Florian K. <br...@ac...> - 2012-07-31 13:57:34
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On 07/31/2012 05:40 AM, Julian Seward wrote: > I would prefer for even developer-only changes to go in NEWS, so that > it contains a list of all significant changes. If developer changes are > not listed in NEWS, then they aren't listed anywhere, which is not good. svn log has it all and grepping it works great for me. Admittedly, it is not as concise as NEWS entries. In the past I have not recorded changes for developers in NEWS unless there was a bugzilla entry associated with it. I'm not sure I have the discipline to do otherwise... > In recent releases I have tried to group the items to at least make it > clear which affect end-users and which don't -- I think that's a not > bad compromise. Sure, that'd be good. Florian |