Re: [PATCH] Proper names

[Roland Illig <roland illig gmx de>]

Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 20:45 +0100, Marcin Garski wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>Here is the patch that changes names to it proper version, like Red Hat, 
>>GNOME, GTK+.
> 
> 
> I think it's wrong to fix ChangeLog files in such way.  I understand
> fixing spacing or obvious typos, but rewriting history of the project to
> use "official" names of software - it just smells like 1984.  What if
> GNOME is renamed to EMONG tomorrow?  Would we rewrite the project
> history again?

You're right for the ChangeLogs. They document the history of the
project, including the developer's lack to spell out other project's
names correctly.

For those files of mc that are "current", I suggest that we change the
names appropriately.

Roland