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Re: Proper attribution of patches

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey at his dot com>
To: devel at XFree86 dot Org
Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:45:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Proper attribution of patches
References: <200312222110.hBMLAPRo087003@public.xfree86.org> <3FE888B0.2020503@msu.edu><Pine.BSI.4.53.0312231401400.5858@mail.his.com> <3FE894EE.2090103@msu.edu><Pine.BSI.4.53.0312231429290.9637@mail.his.com> <3FE89A68.6060805@msu.edu>
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:

> No, that is not good enough.  You should amend your change log entry to
> attribute the patch to Ralf and you should apologize to the X community
> at large for being so sloppy with attributing credit.

yes, you're right.  now I'll have to scrutinize your commits more closely
to see who actually did the work.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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