diff NEWS @ 13769:896628c568fa

parse-datetime: better name than get_date * NEWS: Reword the deprecation notice. * modules/get_date: Rename to modules/parse-datetime. * modules/get_date-tests: Rename to modules/parse-datetime-tests. * m4/get_date.m4: Rename to m4/parse-datetime.m4. * lib/get_date.y: Rename to lib/parse-datetime.y. * tests/test-get_date.c: Rename to tests/test-parse-datetime.c. * doc/get_date.texi: Rename to doc/parse-datetime.texi. * doc/getdate.texi: Provide fallback wrapper. * lib/getdate.h: Move guts, and wrap... * lib/parse-datetime.h: ...new file. * lib/parse-datetime.y (get_date): Rename... (parse_datetime): ...to this. * m4/parse-datetime.m4 (gl_GET_DATE): Rename... (gl_PARSE_DATETIME): ...to this. * doc/posix-functions/getdate.texi (get_date): Provide fallback documentation. * modules/getdate (Files): Provide fallback docs and header. (Notice, Depends-on): Update references. * tests/test-parse-datetime.c: Likewise. * DEPENDENCIES: Likewise. * MODULES.html.sh (Date and time <time.h>): Likewise. * doc/parse-datetime.texi (Date input formats) (Authors of parse_datetime): Likewise. * modules/parse-datetime (Files, configure.ac, Makefile.am) (Include): Likewise. * modules/parse-datetime-tests (Files, Makefile.am): Likewise. * gnulib-tool: Likewise. * m4/bison.m4 (gl_BISON): Likewise. Suggested by Bruno Haible. Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
author Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
date Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:40:11 -0600
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 Date        Modules         Changes
 
-2010-09-30  getdate         This module is deprecated. Please use get_date
-                            for get_date(), or help us write getdate-posix
-                            for getdate(). Also, doc/getdate.texi has been
-                            renamed to doc/get_date.texi.
+2010-10-05  getdate         This module is deprecated. Please use the new
+                            parse-datetime module for the replacement
+                            function parse_datetime(), or help us write
+                            getdate-posix for getdate(). Also, the header
+                            "getdate.h" has been renamed "parse-datetime.h",
+                            and doc/getdate.texi to doc/parse-datetime.texi.
 
 2010-09-29  sys_wait        This module no longer provides the waitpid()
                             function. If you need this function, you now need