[m-rev.] for review: update NEWS and HISTORY files

[Fergus Henderson]

On 18-Mar-2002, Michael Day <mikeday at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > Of course it isn't terribly important, but consistency is worth
> > something and I can't think of any reason why the Mercury distribution
> > should deviate from this suggestion.  (The name ONEWS makes it clearer
> > what sort of information it contains, typically more useful than HISTORY
> > files.)  So enough benefit to justify doing:
> 
> Consistency? I've never seen an ONEWS file in my life. And HISTORY is 
> obvious, ONEWS looks like "one whitespace" to me.

I agree.

If the GNU standard name was "OLDNEWS", rather than "ONEWS",
I'd be more willing to consider changing it...
but the name "ONEWS" is just obscure, IMHO.

-- 
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The University of Melbourne         |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
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