[OpenAFS-devel] Please include NEWS file

[Sam Hartman]

>>>>> "Neulinger," == Neulinger, Nathan <nneul@umr.edu> writes:

    Neulinger,> The fast-restart and bitmaps paragraphs could be
    Neulinger,> changed to reflect the configure options:

    Neulinger,>   --enable-fast-restart enable fast startup of file
    Neulinger,> server without salvaging --enable-bitmap-later enable
    Neulinger,> fast startup of file server by not reading bitmap till
    Neulinger,> needed

If Derrick doesn't fix before committing I will send in a patch.


    Neulinger,> Policy question - Should the news file be incremental,
    Neulinger,> or should it be edited? I.e. should the FAST_RESTART
    Neulinger,> para be changed, or should a new paragraph be added at
    Neulinger,> the beginning mentionion the additional options?

The NEWS file should be incremental between releases but edited within
a release.  I.E. once a release happens, the news for that release is
frozen.  If there are errors/corrections, they are news items for the
release in which they are found.