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Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:34:41 -0800
From: Roman Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Changelogs & Patches?
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On Dec 22, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Charles Forsyth wrote:
>> Is there any preferred way to get changelogs / diffs these days?
>
> yesterday -d ...
> when i'm especially curious or anxious.

But yesterday won't work in a more lightweight environment (such as
9vx) will it?

> it probably wouldn't hurt to have a DMEXCL+DMAPPEND file (!)
> maintained by the command that applies patches, which appends the
> readme/notes
> file(s) for each patch as it is applied.  not all changes are done
> through patches.


Speaking of which -- is there any FAQ on the current development
practices
of the Plan9 project? Things like patch lifecycle, etc.?

Thanks,
Roman.