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Re: [O] TINYCHANGE cookie
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J. David Boyd |
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Re: [O] TINYCHANGE cookie |
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Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:45:15 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) |
Suvayu Ali <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 07:43:42PM -0500, J. David Boyd wrote:
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>> What is a TINYCHANGE cookie? I see it alluded to in many messages about
>> patches for the Org code base, but googling it has left me with no
>> information.
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> If you submit a patch, and it adds less than 20 lines (or is mostly a
> rewrite of some form) then you add that in the commit message so that
> the patch can be accepted without you needing to sign the FSF copyright
> release papers. Of course if you have signed the papers, then you need
> not be concerned about it.
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> HTH
It was the word 'cookie' that threw me. I was picturing a
Netscape-style cookie, a separate file, following a specified format.
Thanks for the info...