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Re: suggestion for future changes to GDB website


On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 05:29:23PM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:
> > > I would like to suggest that we post changes to the htdocs CVS repository
> > > to this mailing-list. That way, all developers have a chance to see and
> > > react to changes. This does not necessarily mean that we should go
> > > through the same formal process, with changelogs and all, but it would
> > > be nice to see the patches, with a short explaination containing the
> > > reason for the change if necessary.
> > 
> > Do you mean posting the changes before they're committed, or after?
> 
> I'm thinking after, but it's not a strong opinion.
> 
> > If after, why not just set up an automatic patches list, as used for
> > the source code?
> 
> That's an option. The nice thing about posting the patch here is that
> you can add an explaination to the patch. Revision histories are
> sometimes a bit obscure...

I'm strongly in favor of Joel's suggestion.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC


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