discuss: Change Logs (Was Re: db2omf)
Subject:
Re: Change Logs (Was Re: db2omf)
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
14 Mar 2001 06:29:53 -0000
Message-Id: <20010313191637.A1733@lafn.org>
On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:01:17AM -0500, Dan York wrote:
> Mark,
>
> > I'd rather we keep using <revision> since readers can see it easily
> > and we can control how long it gets. It's a duplication of effort, but
> > one that will look nicer in the long run.
>
> Oops.. misunderstanding on my part. I thought David was talking about
> his own internal (to the document) changelog. I didn't realize he was
> talking about a viewable changelog. Sorry about that. For a viewable
> one, yes, I would definitely want to control that in the manner you suggest.
I was talking about a changelog inside a linuxdoc comment.
<!-- changelog goes here -->
This only appears in the *.sgml version of the HOWTO, so it's not
viewable to most people unless they download the sgml source. I
wasn't even able to find it with Google. However, I often make a copy
of the most recent change and put it in the Introduction: New in this
Version subsection.
David Lawyer
