Re: Credits for imported files
Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]>
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> From: Uwe Brauer <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:58:40 +0200 > > >> May I suggest to add it right there and not bury it in some > >> ChangeLog files? That would avoid these sort of misunderstandings. > > > This file does have the attribution inside it. However, in many other > > cases, certainly when only a few functions are copied, the credits are > > only in the ChangeLogs. My suggestion was to also grep those in order > > to find the original contributor(s). > > Well but then you would not name these authors in the corresponding > files but want use to do so? My suggestion is to copy the "FOO: New file" or "FOO (BAR): New function" ChangeLog entries from GNU Emacs together with their original authors' names into XEmacs ChangeLog. But that is just a suggestion; you guys should decide on your procedures yourselves. > I submit a changed hebrew file. Thanks.