[PATCH] {maint} news: break up in two files, one for maint, one for master

2012-04-26 Thread Stefano Lattarini
This will avoid a lot of useless conflicts or botched merges in the NEWS file. These have already happened many times with our old setup where there was just one NEWS files. * NEWS: Removed, split into ... * NEWS.maint, old/NEWS: ... these two files. * NEWS.master: New file, still empty (it will

Re: [PATCH] {maint} news: break up in two files, one for maint, one for master

2012-04-26 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/26/2012 03:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > This will avoid a lot of useless conflicts or botched merges in the > NEWS file. These have already happened many times with our old setup > where there was just one NEWS files. > > * NEWS: Removed, split into ... > * NEWS.maint, old/NEWS: ... th

Re: [PATCH] {maint} news: break up in two files, one for maint, one for master

2012-04-26 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Eric, thanks for the feedback. On 04/26/2012 04:17 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/26/2012 03:30 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> This will avoid a lot of useless conflicts or botched merges in the >> NEWS file. These have already happened many times with our old setup >> where there was just one

Re: [PATCH] {maint} news: break up in two files, one for maint, one for master

2012-04-26 Thread Eric Blake
On 04/26/2012 09:14 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Now that we only have 'master' and 'maint' as long-lived branches > (ok, there's 'ng/master' as well, but there we have a separated > file 'NG-NEWS'), the NEWS changes should merge and sync easily and > cleanly. > > So I wish to take back my propo

Re: [PATCH] {maint} news: break up in two files, one for maint, one for master

2012-04-26 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 04/26/2012 05:17 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/26/2012 09:14 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: >> Now that we only have 'master' and 'maint' as long-lived branches >> (ok, there's 'ng/master' as well, but there we have a separated >> file 'NG-NEWS'), the NEWS changes should merge and sync easily and