Ruediger Pluem wrote: > > > > On 01/21/2006 08:03 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > Generally, when attribution of a change is > > noted in CHANGES, if the patch is from an external > > person (or attached in Bugzilla), the person > > providing the patch should get sole attribution, unless, > > of course, "noteworthy" changes or additions were > > done by others, in which case they get attributed > > as well. Simply taking someone's patch and then > > committing it does not mean that you get to add > > yourself to the attribution list. :) > > If the patch is supplied by an external person I like to > see the name of the committer in the CHANGES file who actually > applied the patch even if goes in unchanged. This is > not to appease the ego of the committer, but to have the information > at hand who reviewed, possibly tested and committed the patch. > Of course this information is also in subversion, but I think it > eases investigations. >
Nope. That's what subversion is for. Not CHANGES. -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski [|] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [|] http://www.jaguNET.com/ "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."
