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Re: [RFA/doco 3/3] Document new procedure for updating copyright years
> > gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> >
> > * gdbint.texinfo (Start of New Year Procedure): Update
> > to replace use of copyright.sh by use of copyright.py.
> >
> > OK to commit?
[...]
> Should we tell which versions of Python are required to run the
> script, like the old text said about Emacs?
Ah, yes. I had intended to provide that piece of information as well.
How is this version?
Thanks,
--
Joel
commit 8d1049fbf448557887daa7497e3c60b103ecedee
Author: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Date: Wed Jan 4 11:50:00 2012 +0400
Document new procedure for updating copyright years
We now use a different script to perform the update. This patch
updates the procedure in our documentation
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdbint.texinfo (Start of New Year Procedure): Update
to replace use of copyright.sh by use of copyright.py.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
index ddc4015..136f77f 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
@@ -6798,35 +6798,9 @@ Update the copyright year in:
@end itemize
@item
-Run the @file{copyright.sh} script to add the new year in the copyright
-notices of most source files. This script requires Emacs 22 or later to
-be installed.
-
-@item
-The new year also needs to be added manually in all other files that
-are not already taken care of by the @file{copyright.sh} script:
-@itemize @bullet
- @item
- @file{*.s}
- @item
- @file{*.f}
- @item
- @file{*.f90}
- @item
- @file{*.igen}
- @item
- @file{*.ac}
- @item
- @file{*.texi}
- @item
- @file{*.texinfo}
- @item
- @file{*.tex}
- @item
- @file{*.defs}
- @item
- @file{*.1}
-@end itemize
+Run the @file{copyright.py} Python script to add the new year in the copyright
+notices of most source files. This script has been tested with Python
+2.6 and 2.7.
@end itemize