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Re: [PATCH RFA] two MIPS opcodes patches to pull up to branch?
- From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il>
- Cc: cgd at broadcom dot com, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:13:50 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH RFA] two MIPS opcodes patches to pull up to branch?
- References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1020325130245.14639A-100000@is>
> On 24 Mar 2002 cgd@broadcom.com wrote:
>
>
>> What's the format to be used for branch ChangeLogs?
>>
>> change log as originally committed (i.e., using original commit date)?
>> new entry at top of file or sorted in by original date? etc.
>
>
> For changes on the branch, you are supposed to modify the ChangeLog
> files from the branch only. The date should be the date of the commit
> (otherwise, the logs are not in chronological order, which makes it hard
> to track change history).
Yep
> In other words, you should do the same as you do on the trunk. That's
> why there's no mention of anything special in the branch policy text.
If the dates will differ, it doesn't hurt to add a ``From <date> <who>''
or ``Import <date> <who>'' or ...
enjoy,
Andrew