src/ChangeLog

src/ChangeLog

[Nick Roberts]

I see src/ChangeLog has been split into src/ChangeLog and src/ChangeLog.10
at the date at which version 22.1 was released (2007-06-02).  I think it
should be split here:

2007-04-24  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>

	* Branch for 22.1.

I think I added this entry even though it has Chong's name (as he made
the branch).  I think this is the important date from the point of view of
the ChangeLog because changes after it are generally *not* in Emacs 22.1.
In particular my gpm changes, currently recorded in src/ChangeLog.10, are
only in trunk.

If someone wants to know exactly which changes after 2007-04-24 are in 22.1
they have to look at src/ChangeLog on the EMACS_@@_BASE branch, of course.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: src/ChangeLog

[Richard Stallman]

    I see src/ChangeLog has been split into src/ChangeLog and src/ChangeLog.10
    at the date at which version 22.1 was released (2007-06-02).  I think it
    should be split here:

    2007-04-24  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>

	    * Branch for 22.1.

I think you're right.  If, in a few days, you've seen no
strong counterargument, please transfer the material for
the intervening dates.

Re: src/ChangeLog

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz> writes:

  > I see src/ChangeLog has been split into src/ChangeLog and src/ChangeLog.10
  > at the date at which version 22.1 was released (2007-06-02).  I think it
  > should be split here:
  > 
  > 2007-04-24  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
  > 
  > 	* Branch for 22.1.
  > 
  > I think I added this entry even though it has Chong's name (as he made
  > the branch).  I think this is the important date from the point of view of
  > the ChangeLog because changes after it are generally *not* in Emacs 22.1.
  > In particular my gpm changes, currently recorded in src/ChangeLog.10, are
  > only in trunk.
  > 
  > If someone wants to know exactly which changes after 2007-04-24 are in 22.1
  > they have to look at src/ChangeLog on the EMACS_@@_BASE branch, of course.

This makes me think that it would be great if isearch in ChangeLog
would know to start searching the next ChangeLog.XX file when getting
to the end of the current one.  We have the infrastructure to do this
now, it just needs a bit of coding...

Re: src/ChangeLog

[Juri Linkov]

>   > If someone wants to know exactly which changes after 2007-04-24 are
>   > in 22.1 they have to look at src/ChangeLog on the EMACS_@@_BASE
>   > branch, of course.
>
> This makes me think that it would be great if isearch in ChangeLog
> would know to start searching the next ChangeLog.XX file when getting
> to the end of the current one.  We have the infrastructure to do this
> now, it just needs a bit of coding...

This would be easy, but the question is in the evil details.  Once details
are agreed, the implementation is straightforward.

IIRC, there was an idea to specify the set of files to isearch
in the Local Variables section.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

Re: src/ChangeLog

[Richard Stallman]

    This makes me think that it would be great if isearch in ChangeLog
    would know to start searching the next ChangeLog.XX file when getting
    to the end of the current one.  We have the infrastructure to do this
    now, it just needs a bit of coding...

That would be a useful feature, but it could also be annoying.
Suppose you make a typo, so your string is not found in any of
the files.  It would read and search them all.

Here's a slightly different idea.  If you type another C-s at a
failing search, it goes to the next file in the series.

Re: src/ChangeLog

[Nick Roberts]

 >     I think it should be split here:
 > 
 >     2007-04-24  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 > 
 > 	    * Branch for 22.1.
 > 
 > I think you're right.  If, in a few days, you've seen no
 > strong counterargument, please transfer the material for
 > the intervening dates.

Done.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: src/ChangeLog

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org> writes:

  > >   > If someone wants to know exactly which changes after 2007-04-24 are
  > >   > in 22.1 they have to look at src/ChangeLog on the EMACS_@@_BASE
  > >   > branch, of course.
  > >
  > > This makes me think that it would be great if isearch in ChangeLog
  > > would know to start searching the next ChangeLog.XX file when getting
  > > to the end of the current one.  We have the infrastructure to do this
  > > now, it just needs a bit of coding...
  > 
  > This would be easy, but the question is in the evil details.  Once details
  > are agreed, the implementation is straightforward.

emacs uses:
ChangeLog ChangeLog.12 ChangeLog.11 ...
gcc uses:
ChangeLog ChangeLog-2006  ChangeLog-2005 ...

So it seems that ordering by the numeric suffix could work.

  > IIRC, there was an idea to specify the set of files to isearch
  > in the Local Variables section.

That's also good, but it requires knowledge to write the correct
incantation in the Local Variables section...