From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Updating etc/DISTRIB Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:25:55 -0400 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286844012 13485 80.91.229.12 (12 Oct 2010 00:40:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 12 02:40:10 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P5SuX-0002Di-6v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:40:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34481 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P5SuW-0005sF-ON for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47973 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P5SuE-0005X9-24 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:39:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P5Sgm-0006zP-7k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:25:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50366) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P5Sgm-0006zL-4w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:25:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P5Sgl-0000rV-Kg; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:25:55 -0400 X-Spook: Crowell investigation Comirex ASO Honduras SHA INS Peking X-Ran: 9M.OteLa2=+4ygb2|g#Ux|SXQWv\CQs$B|#=mAx(n&JV'sjkaS<`+KzM2P6I/84(mZK5>X X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:131624 Archived-At: I was wondering if it is OK if I make some updates to etc/DISTRIB in Emacs; or would you prefer to keep it more as a form of historical document? Example patch follows. May I also change the paragraph "However, we plan to continue..." to use the first person plural throughout? *** etc/DISTRIB 2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000 --- etc/DISTRIB 2010-10-12 00:02:35 +0000 *************** *** 1,12 **** -*- text -*- ! For an order form for all Emacs and FSF distributions deliverable from ! the USA, see http://www.gnu.org/order/order.html. ! ! GNU Emacs availability information, October 2000 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, ! 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 ! 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