From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: GNU ChangeLog Format: <> or []? Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:43:01 +0200 Message-ID: <875zpd7p3u.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wohucc03.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47418) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1haGpX-0000Zh-7L for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jun 2019 05:43:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87wohucc03.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Sun, 09 Jun 2019 21:14:52 -0700") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Chris Marusich Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Chris, Chris Marusich 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=E2=80=99m pretty sure I didn=E2=80=99t make it up, but = I don=E2=80=99t know where I took it from! Anyway, I personally don=E2=80=99t mind seeing one style or the other=E2=80= =94either way it conveys the changes quite well IMO. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.