From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Years in copyright notices Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:09:28 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <445E1C12-C4E4-11D8-86C1-000D93505B76@swipnet.se> References: <200406212046.i5LKkju24244@raven.dms.auburn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087974614 10773 80.91.224.253 (23 Jun 2004 07:10:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Luc Teirlinck , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 23 09:10:06 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 1Bd1tW-0005No-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:10:06 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bd1tW-0005gQ-00 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:10:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd1ur-0005lD-Op for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:11:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd1un-0005l4-7a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:11:25 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd1um-0005kd-8u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:11:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bd1um-0005ka-5m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:11:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.54.107.73] (helo=mxfep02.bredband.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bd1tL-0008LK-2a; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 03:09:55 -0400 Original-Received: from coolsville.localdomain ([213.115.26.74] [213.115.26.74]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20040623070953.RSLP26240.mxfep02.bredband.com@coolsville.localdomain>; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:09:53 +0200 In-Reply-To: Original-To: rms@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) 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:25204 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:25204 > One reason we don't always add a year when making a change is that we > don't add a year when only small changes are made during that year. > That means that people making small changes in a file often don't > check to see whether the changes in the current year are enough to > justify adding the year. What is a "small change", 3-4 lines changed? And do many small changes eventually become a big change that needs to change the year? > Does anyone want to help in this process of adding the years > that should be added? Is it enough to compare the file now with the version for the previous year and count changed and added lines, or is a more manual comparison needed? Jan D.