How about that patch, this was my idea yesterday, but I didn't want to start
a new changes.txt format addition like this additional sentence in the
entry?

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Uwe Schindler
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yonik
> Seeley
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:31 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: svn commit: r812983 - /lucene/java/trunk/CHANGES.txt
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> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Uwe Schindler<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, but we discussed yesterday, that the involved persons developing
> the
> > patches should get some credit... This is why I added this change to the
> > log.
> 
> If it's for the purpose of credit only, CHANGES should state that it's
> not an actual bug.
> Seems like there should be a threshold (i.e. non-trivial) for a new
> CHANGES entry for the purposes of credit only... people have to read
> this :-)  If it's a significant contribution, simply add the person to
> the main CHANGES entry.
> 
> Think about it this way... what would have been done if the
> bug/improvement was pointed out *before* the main feature had been
> committed?  If the contribution happens after commit, treat it the
> same.
> 
> -Yonik
> http://www.lucidimagination.com
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