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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-03-10 11:24:30 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-03-10 11:24:30 +0100 |
| commit | b3206068ef2a549eab7fabff5baa013197ad8c16 (patch) | |
| tree | 25f4aaaf935f1532b46d1a06222044d67b2c3735 /Changes.old | |
| parent | dc25f4fc110eb00c9857579461688e15abb83a37 (diff) | |
Start of man-pages-3.50: updating Changes and Changes.old
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diff --git a/Changes.old b/Changes.old index a7e58b747..30a791044 100644 --- a/Changes.old +++ b/Changes.old @@ -26091,3 +26091,61 @@ socket.7 Pavel Emelyanov SO_BINDTODEVICE is now readable SO_BINDTODEVICE is readable since since kernel 3.8. + + +==================== Changes in man-pages-3.49 ==================== + +Released: 2013-03-10, Munich + + +Contributors +------------ + +The following people contributed patches/fixes or (noted in brackets +in the changelog below) reports, notes, and ideas that have been +incorporated in changes in this release: + +Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> + + +Global changes +-------------- + +The goal of the changes below to consistently format copyright +and license information in the comments in the page source +at the top of each page. This allows for easy scripting to +extract that information. Following these changes the comments +the top of the page source should now consistently have the form: + + .\" <copyright info, possibly spread over several lines> + .\" + .\" %%%LICENSE_START(<license-type>) + .\" <license text> + .\" %%%LICENSE_END + .\" <other comments> + +Note that the 'license-type' is merely descriptive. Its purpose is +to simplify scripting for the purpose of gathering statistics on +types of licenses used in man-pages. It is NOT a statement about +the actual licensing of the page; that license is contain INSIDE the +LICENSE_START...LICENSE_END clause. + + +All pages + Michael Kerrisk + Add a LICENSE_START()...LICENSE_END clause in source at + top of each page that encapsulates the license text. + Michael Kerrisk + Put copyright info at top of page, followed by blank line and LICENSE + +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Update info in source comments on where to get a copy of the GPL + +Various pages + Michael Kerrisk + Remove "Hey Emacs" comment in page source + Only certain pages have this; there is no consistency, so + remove it from all pages + Michael Kerrisk + Remove "-*- nroff -*-" comment at top of source |