Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:17:34 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: list of differences between 2.1 and 2.2? Message-ID: <19323.835463854@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jun 1996 09:26:21 PDT." <9606221626.AA15407@gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Marty Leisner wrote in message ID <9606221626.AA15407@gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>: > What I'm looking for (and I think its reasonable and others would > like to see it to) is some sort of NEWS file (not a changelog) > of the differences between versions. For a system the size of FreeBSD, this becomes a nightmare to do. If we limit stuff to major changes, you might as just well read the RELNOTES as Jordan normally manages to catch the major changes. > What Chet Ramey is doing with bash is a good example... With a source tree a fraction the size of ours (I think /usr/src is in the region of 120Mb's). I am not familiar with the bash development system, but we also have a large number of people who have direct access to the CVS repisoritory. I suspect bash has the opposite (a lot of patches sent in, but one person with direct access to the sources). > To read the CVS tree is not a viable solution. It is the ONLY solution if you are looking for fine granularity. A `NEWS' or `CHANGELOG' file would grow VERY big VERY quickly with the development we do... I'm ot saying I'm against the CHANGELOG/NEWS idea, or even saying it's unworkable, but it would require a lot more disclipline from our committers than we currently see, and I know that this would prove troublesome... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19323.835463854>