Subject: Re: [Maxima-commits] CVS: maxima NEWS,1.5,1.5.2.1
From: Raymond Toy
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:44:40 -0400
>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dodier writes:
Robert> On 10/11/05, Raymond Toy wrote:
>> Were we supposed to keep ChangeLog up-to-date? Or is it automatically
>> generated from the cvs commit logs? If the former, I didn't know that
>> so I never changed it, so it looks rather out-dated (at least the one
>> on HEAD branch is).
Robert> Since 5.9.1 there have been a very large number (I believe it's
Robert> more than 1000) commits, with a large proportion of those to
Robert> texinfo documents. Frankly I don't see the point of creating a
Robert> detailed list of those, so I didn't.
I agree. No one needs that kind of detail for the texinfo files.
Robert> I made a short summary of changes in NEWS and a more detailed
Robert> list (as detailed as seems useful) in ChangeLog-5.9.2.
Robert> (I created a separate file since ChangeLog is rather different
Robert> in spirit and substance.)
This log looks nice. Short enough to read, and detailed enough to get
an idea of what has changed, but without all the gory detail. Only
issue is that some lines are rather long.
But you've already tagged 5.9.2, so let's move on; this isn't a
show-stopper.
BTW, 5.9.2 builds and runs just fine (i.e., testsuite passes) on
Solaris using cmucl snapshot 2005-10 and clisp 2.33. Nice!
Ray