From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 22 22:41:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA02975 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 22:41:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA02967 for ; Sat, 22 Jun 1996 22:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA15903; Sun, 23 Jun 1996 15:43:58 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606230613.PAA15903@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: list of differences between 2.1 and 2.2? To: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com (Marty Leisner) Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 15:43:58 +0930 (CST) Cc: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9606221626.AA15407@gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> from "Marty Leisner" at Jun 22, 96 09:26:21 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Marty Leisner stands accused of saying: > > 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. It would be enormous, incomplete, and a pain in the rear to maintain. Having said that, if want to volunteer, I'm not going to stop you 8) > What Chet Ramey is doing with bash is a good example... Bash is just a _little_ bit smaller than FreeBSD, and undergoes just ever so _slightly_ fewer changes between versions. > To read the CVS tree is not a viable solution. There would be no other way to get the original change information from whioch to produce such a 'NEWS' file. > This would be most welcome for snapshots. They would happen less often in this case. > marty -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[