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Re: One NEWS file to rule them all.


On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> wrote:
> On 5/8/2012 6:35 PM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 May 2012, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks. I'll update the wiki and start talking about the changes.
>> I'd say the changes needed to bring into effect the use of NEWS for both
>> libc and ports are:
>>
>> * Check all the ChangeLog files in ports for [BZ #] numbers for bugs fixed
>> since 2.15, and add them to the NEWS file.
>>
>> * Note the following ports changes in NEWS individually:
>>
>> ? - (Update to existing entry) IA64 moved from libc to ports.
>>
>> ? - ARM hard-float dynamic linker, as discussed.
>>
>> ? - ARM old-ABI support removed.
>>
>> ? - CRIS support removed.
>
> In addition, since Tile support wasn't fully functional in 2.15, and we
> haven't yet released a 2.15.1 that supports it, it appears that 2.16 will
> chronologically be the first release to support Tile. ?Perhaps it's
> appropriate to list Tile support in the NEWS file as well.

Correct.

The TILE support is in 2.16 and it should go into the NEWS file.
Please prepare a sentence or two so I can add it.

The TILE support will be in 2.15.1 and it will go into the NEWS file
on the 2.15 branch (using the same wording from the 2.16 branch).

Cheers,
Carlos.


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