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Re: No "From so-and-so" in ChangeLog
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: No "From so-and-so" in ChangeLog |
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Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:56:25 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Please do not *ever* write "From so-and-so" in a change log entry. If
> someone else wrote the code you are installing, *always* put his name
> in the header line of the change.
> If the person did NOT write the code you are installing, then don't
> ever put something in ChangeLog which could give people the idea that
> he did! If you want to mention who suggested an idea, or who reported
> a bug, always say explicitly "idea suggested by" or "bug reported by"
> so that there is no doubt ten years in the future.
Shouldn't we then change changelog-mode's font-lock rules?
Stefan