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reading NEWS from installed package
From: |
Carnë Draug |
Subject: |
reading NEWS from installed package |
Date: |
Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:30:47 +0000 |
Hi
I have modified the news function so one can also access the NEWS file
from installed package (patch
https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?7660).
I have one question however. Currently there is no standard to where a
package should have its NEWS file (when it does). The only thing I see
is that the pkg function looks for a ChangeLog file at the root of the
package and if it exists, places it into the 'packinfo' of that
package. By looking into all the packages in octave-forge, I see two
cases:
* a ChangeLog file in the root of the package
* a NEWS file in the doc directory
My changeset supports the second case but could easily be modified for
other another behavior (even to try both cases). I prefer the idea of
the NEWS file to be consistent with octave (but not sure if it would
go in the doc or in the root of the package).
Carnë
- reading NEWS from installed package,
Carnë Draug <=