Re: [Loco-dev] Using the CVS

[Arne Brix]

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:49:29PM +0200, Janico Greifenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> the files that belong in the CVS are the source file of the project. Source 
> file
> are those that are written by the programmer, as opposed to files generated by
> any of the tools used (example: the Makefile.am belongs in the CVS, 
> Makefile.in
> or Makefile don't as they are generated by automake or configure). This has
> nothing to do with a distribution (Makefile.in would be in a distribution
> tarball). Temopary files like #loco-doc.files# are not considered a source 
> file,
> neither is an empty tmp directory. Directories are especially annoying because
> you cannot delete them. 
Sorry about my debianation, i didn't know of this concept. though i
could have guessed.
> A word about ChangeLogs:
> As we are just writing the first version of loco, logging changes is not very
> useful. But we should all try and be more precise about out changes when
> commiting them (I know, mine were pretty bad too). This is not a good enty:
> 
> fixed my own mem-leak, arne: pleasure to make your source run (g)
dunno who did the mem-leak. sorry anyway
> The logs are no message board and it is not important whose error something 
> was,
> important is where you changed what. For correct style of ChangeLogs see the 
> GNU
> Coding standarts: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards.html. 
I will read those tomorrow. now i'm going to work on ponc...

weasel out

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