> On 10 Feb 2017, at 00:35, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> Hans Åberg <haber...@telia.com> writes:
> 
>>> On 10 Feb 2017, at 00:16, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So is there any reason people don't use convert-ly when upgrading to
>>> a newer version?
>> 
>> For libraries, you would want to keep track of the changes, but
>> running convert-ly and do a diff is a good suggestion.
> 
> convert-ly -d inserts an updated \version header.

You wouldn't want to do that with library headers, in case something goes 
wrong. Better to create a separate file, and check file dates, as in a Makefile.

>> Though doing it by hand was quicker, as I remembered the issue and
>> which files needed to be fixed.
> 
> How does _this_ "keep track of the changes"?  Maybe you consider your
> biological memory part of the data on your computer?

I cannot parse this.

> It's a common fallacy of young programmers that may take a few decades
> to cure.

Nor this.



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