I wrote: > I added that ChangeLog entry now, and corrected the date of > the previous one. (The date in the ChangeLog should reflect when the > patch was committed into Gnulib, per GNU Coding Standards.)
Let me add this to the HACKING file, as a reminder for ourselves: 2025-11-30 Bruno Haible <[email protected]> HACKING: Add remark about ChangeLog entry dates. * HACKING (Using git): Add reference to GNU Coding Standards. diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index e8bbc49c1a..c0c9cea398 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Using git * When you commit a contributor's patch, please - add a reasonable ChangeLog entry in the usual style (meaningful summary line and detailed change list), + - as the date of the ChangeLog entry, use the current date (cf. + https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Style-of-Change-Logs.html ). - if the contribution is so small that it does not require a copyright assignment (cf. https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html )
