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From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU ChangeLog Format: <> or []?
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:43:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zpd7p3u.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wohucc03.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Sun, 09 Jun 2019 21:14:52 -0700")

Hi Chris,

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:

> I've noticed that the GNU Standards indicate [] should be used for
> conditional changes, and <> should be used for identifying the part that
> changed.  However, in Guix, I've noticed that people tend to use [] not
> to indicate conditional changes, but rather to indicate the part that
> changed.  Is there a reason for this?  Does it matter?

Square brackets are used for conditionals, but I also use them for
nested entities.  I’m pretty sure I didn’t make it up, but I don’t know
where I took it from!

Anyway, I personally don’t mind seeing one style or the other—either
way it conveys the changes quite well IMO.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-10  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-10  4:14 GNU ChangeLog Format: <> or []? Chris Marusich
2019-06-10  9:43 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2019-06-13  4:34   ` Chris Marusich
2019-06-13  8:23     ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-06-14  3:48       ` Chris Marusich

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