[PATCH] Proper names
Pavel Roskin
proski at gnu.org
Wed Dec 21 00:35:31 UTC 2005
Hello!
On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 20:45 +0100, Marcin Garski wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here is the patch that changes names to it proper version, like Red Hat,
> GNOME, GTK+.
I think it's wrong to fix ChangeLog files in such way. I understand
fixing spacing or obvious typos, but rewriting history of the project to
use "official" names of software - it just smells like 1984. What if
GNOME is renamed to EMONG tomorrow? Would we rewrite the project
history again?
> @@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@
> 2002-10-08 Pavel Roskin <proski at gnu.org>
>
> * configure.in: Rename RH_VERSION to RPM_VERSION - not every
> - rpm-based system is Red Hat. Replace all dashes, not just one.
> + rpm-based system is Red Hat Linux. Replace all dashes, not just one.
This is just ridiculous. The text doesn't become more clear, but
formatting becomes sloppy. I don't want such changes to be applied to
the entries that bear my name.
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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