Re: rename and clean unexec.c

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> Cc: address@hidden
>> From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:18:02 -0400
>> 
>> I am not sure why are so opposed to this.
>
> Not "so opposed", just opposed.  I'm opposed in principle to every
> cosmetic change that doesn't have a very good reason.  

Maintainability is a very good reason.   Keeping bad names is not.


> That's because
> such changes obscure real code changes and make forensics harder.

Can you please explain exactly how renaming a file managed by a decent
VCS makes forensics harder?