From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Years in copyright notices Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:22:21 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20040623082221.GA27982@fencepost> References: <200406212046.i5LKkju24244@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087978994 20702 80.91.224.253 (23 Jun 2004 08:23:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:23:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 23 10:23:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bd32A-0000qF-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:23:06 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bd329-0006lf-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 10:23:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd33V-0002WL-7w for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:24:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd33K-0002WG-JU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:24:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd33H-0002W1-ST for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:24:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd33H-0002Vr-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:24:15 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bd31X-0008F3-MM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:22:27 -0400 Original-Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Bd31R-0001uN-BM; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:22:21 -0400 Original-To: "Kim F. Storm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:25207 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25207 On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:08:41AM +0200, Kim F. Storm wrote: > A Miles pointed out, this will lead to some merge conflicts, but since > this is legal stuff, we have to accept that inconvenience. Richard's post indicated that we do _not_ have to `accept that inconvenience', that it isn't a critical point. > I can do this if you approve. Making sure the copyright notices include the appropriate years is reasonable -- and probably won't result in all that many problems because many files are already up-to-date -- but changing the date format is apparently not necessary (according to Richard's post), and will result in many more conflicts. -Miles -- Any man who is a triangle, has thee right, when in Cartesian Space, to have angles, which when summed, come to know more, nor no less, than nine score degrees, should he so wish. [TEMPLE OV THEE LEMUR]