RE: [PATCH][ARM]Binutils command line support for Cortex-R7

["Terry Guo" <terry dot guo at arm dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Earnshaw
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 6:14 PM
> To: Terry Guo
> Cc: gingold@adacore.com; binutils@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH][ARM]Binutils command line support for Cortex-R7
> 
> On 25/02/13 09:56, Terry Guo wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tristan Gingold [mailto:gingold@adacore.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 4:47 PM
> >> To: Terry Guo
> >> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org; Richard Earnshaw
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH][ARM]Binutils command line support for Cortex-R7
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 25, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Terry Guo wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Richard Earnshaw
> >>>> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 6:04 PM
> >>>> To: Terry Guo
> >>>> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org; gingold@adacore.com
> >>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH][ARM]Binutils command line support for
> >>>> Cortex-R7
> >>>>
> >>>> On 22/02/13 02:36, Terry Guo wrote:
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This patch intends to implement initial command line support for
> >>>>> Cortex-R7 in Binutils. Is it OK to trunk?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tristan - Can it also be backported to the Binutils 2.22 branch
> >>>>> please, after approved for trunk?
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> OK for trunk and (as Tristan says) for 2.23.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello Tristan,
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to apply this patch to 2.23, but find we need to do
> >>> ChangeLog rotation like rename current ChangeLog to ChangeLog-2012
> >>> and then put my changes to new file ChangeLog. What's the correct
> >>> way to
> >> rotate ChangeLog?
> >>> Is it enough that just rename files? Thanks.
> >>
> >> I don't know if there is an official policy for ChangeLog, but as far
> >> as I
> > know
> >> they aren't renamed in branches.
> >>
> >> So just do not rotate them in the 2.23 branch.
> >>
> >
> > I am sorry that I didn't make my question clear. I think the filename
> > ChangeLog is for changes happened in current year. For example, when
> > we enter into year 2012, we will rename ChangeLog to ChangeLog-2011
> > and leave ChangeLog for documenting changes in 2012. Similarly when we
> > enter into year 2013, I think we need to rename ChangeLog to
> > ChangeLog-2012 and use ChangeLog to document changes in 2013. Is this
> > correct? I guess my patch is the first change in 2013 for branch 2.23.
> 
> 
> No, we do NOT rotate ChangeLogs on release branches.  Please don't do
that.
> 
> R.

Thanks. I will just add my change in ChangeLog.

BR,
Terry