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Re: Debian WWW CVS commit by srivasta: webwml/english/devel constitution.wml constitu ...



On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 10:12:31 -0500, James A Treacy <treacy@debian.org> said: 

> On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 03:09:13PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:06:14PM -0700, Debian WWW CVS wrote:
>> > CVSROOT: /cvs/webwml Module name: webwml Changes by: srivasta
>> > 03/10/30 18:06:14
>> >
>> > Modified files:
>> > 	english/devel : constitution.wml
>> > Added files:
>> > 	english/devel : constitution.1.1.wml
>>
>> Why is it necessary to have N files for N versions?
>>
>> Maybe it's just me, but why can't the obsoleted versions of the
>> constitution be left in the CVS history (and other archive-like
>> places), rather than littering the devel/ directory?

> Having the old versions around could be useful to see how Debian has
> evolved over the years. I suggest putting the old versions in a
> subdirectory though.

	I have no objections to moving superseded, but not redacted,
 versions of the constitution and foundation documents to a subdir (as
 long as the relevant links are updated).

	manoj
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