Archive for March 2012

Automagically merging ChangeLog files with mercurial or git

Posted on March 16, 2012, 21:45.

When a project keeps a GNU style ChangeLog file to keep track of who changed what where then those files can be automagically merged if you use mercurial or git. gnulib contains a module git-merge-changelog which, despite the name, works perfectly with several version control systems. To install it: git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/gnulib.git cd gnulib ./gnulib-tool […]

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IcedTea and OpenJDK now part of OIN

Posted on March 6, 2012, 18:17.

The Open Invention Network patent agreement now also covers IcedTea and OpenJDK (see the new System Environment Components list). The covered version of GCC/GNU Classpath/libgcj have been updated to the latest release and various GNU Classpath[X] components have been added. As have the Eclipse SDK and ECJ. This is good news since that means the […]

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