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Re: Small patch for the FAQ
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:39:37 -0500
- Subject: Re: Small patch for the FAQ
- References: <20030829121814.GR614@emcb.co.uk> <20030901101928.GC1888@cygbert.vinschen.de> <6818-Thu13Nov2003224651+0000-david@starks-browning.com>
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On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:46:51PM +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>When I started over as FAQ maintainer (sheesh -- *years* ago?) I was
>told that Changelog entries were not necessary for documentation, as
>long as the cvs commit messages were informative. (Perhaps this was
>only intended for the FAQ, and not the other documentation, I don't
>know.) Occasionally, someone will add a Changelog entry anyway.
>Hopefully this is out of habit, rather than to suggest a change in
>policy.
>
>I hope the policy hasn't changed, because I'm happy not maintaining a
>Changelog for the FAQ texinfo source, and I agree with the original
>opinion that it isn't necessary.
GNU policy changed at some point and now, apparently, it is common
to include ChangeLog entries for documentation.
However, I don't really care either way. If you don't want to add
ChangeLog entries, that's fine with me. I'm just happy, as always,
that you are performing this service for the cygwin community.
cgf