Re: ChangeLogs included in dist

2004-02-16 Thread Ben Elliston
Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Then make it optional, please. Distributions already get too much > bloat. The distributed tarball ought not have a change log that > goes past the last previous major release. If someone is interested > in more history than that, well, that is what CVS

Re: ChangeLogs included in dist

2004-02-06 Thread Bruce Korb
Ben Elliston wrote: > > Automake will currently include a file called "ChangeLog" in the > distribution. Many large projects use a scheme of appending a number > to ChangeLogs when the files are rotated. For example, GCC uses: > > ChangeLog > ChangeLog.0 > ... > ChangeLog.10 > > Can I

ChangeLogs included in dist

2004-02-06 Thread Ben Elliston
Automake will currently include a file called "ChangeLog" in the distribution. Many large projects use a scheme of appending a number to ChangeLogs when the files are rotated. For example, GCC uses: ChangeLog ChangeLog.0 ... ChangeLog.10 Can I suggest that the list of matched files be e