From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Renaming NEWS Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 06:31:31 +0900 Message-ID: <87iran41xo.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <17989.37070.393150.565546@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17993.11948.400368.430713@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17994.14013.614407.875104@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17994.32856.216525.50726@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17994.54868.931947.611990@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17995.31640.399794.621018@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17995.53754.860573.633945@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17996.55425.495501.592760@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17998.5626.348375.91578@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17998.45589.625578.730270@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <17999.58366.589991.627229@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <0l8xbjgsq4.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179696693 15380 80.91.229.12 (20 May 2007 21:31:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:31:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 20 23:31:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hpszy-0006TM-1H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 23:31:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpszx-0002RO-IK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:31:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpszu-0002R6-62 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:31:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpszs-0002QZ-7n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:31:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hpszs-0002QW-2R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:31:24 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp02.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.72]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hpszp-0003la-HL; Sun, 20 May 2007 17:31:21 -0400 Original-Received: from 203-216-100-071.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.100.71] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp02.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1Hpszn-0008MQ-2y; Mon, 21 May 2007 06:31:19 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C9E1A2F28; Mon, 21 May 2007 06:31:31 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <0l8xbjgsq4.fsf_-_@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun\, 20 May 2007 16\:12\:03 -0400") Original-Lines: 18 X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:71451 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: > I think that if new entries are going to be added, the existing NEWS > on the trunk should (as Kim suggested a while ago) be renamed to > NEWS.22, and a new NEWS file created. > > I have hesitated to do this because it will complicate Miles' syncing > of the release branch to the trunk. Such incompatibilities are probably > inevitable sooner or later though. It won't complicate things if the file is truly renamed, i.e., the existing arch-targ: in NEWS is kept in NEWS.22 (and omitted from the _new_ NEWS file). [BTW, if you create a new file, don't add an empty arch-tag: line or anything, just leave it out, and one will get added during syncing.] -miles -- We have met the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo