Re: gnulib ChangeLog split

[Bruno Haible]

Karl Berry asked:
> The ChangeLog file is over a megabyte now, and I'm still stuck on dialup
> sometimes.  Can we split it to, say, ChangeLog.1997-2006 and just keep
> 2007 in the active file?

I believe that the size of the ChangeLog becomes insignificant once we switch
to 'git' as primary versioning system for gnulib. Jim, can you confirm this?
(My reasons to believe this and to trust 'git' more than 'cvs' are listed in
[1].)

What is holding up the switch to git, by the way?

Bruno

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cvs/2007-01/msg00018.html