Re: rename and clean unexec.c

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
>> From: Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:21:40 -0400
>> 
>> > Why is it so important to rename this file?
>> 
>> For long term maintainability.
>> Good, suggestive file names are good for maintainability.
>
> But we've been living with this file, in parallel with other unex*,
> for ages.  Why is it suddenly a problem now?  What changed?

This file was used before by other platforms that we've removed support for.
It is now used by a single platform.
Before we did not rename files because CVS could not do it right.
I've worked very hard at removing decades of accumulated cruft, please
don't stand in the way for no good reason.