Re: [PATCH] Expat patch #3

[Ben Laurie <be...@algroup.co.uk>]

Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> 
> Greg Stein wrote:
> >
> > The old location would have the old history. The new location would
> > have new history.
> 
> But the history is relevant to the changes made to the *contents*
> of the file, not its location.  In the cvsweb interface, for instance,
> the file in the new directory, if done according to 7.4.1, would
> start at rev 1.1, and the only way to discover that the file's
> contents had evolved to that point, rather than having sprung into
> existence like Athene from Zeus' brow, would be to explicitly examine
> the 1.1 comment.

Errr ... if they care about history that far back, then they do read the
comment, right? If not, what does it matter?

Cheers,

Ben.

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