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: Re: How to update the copyright notice? Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:23:39 -0500 Message-ID: References: <52B9D2D4.8090306@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387913018 27653 80.91.229.3 (24 Dec 2013 19:23:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 19:23:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Xue Fuqiao , emacs-devel To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 24 20:23:45 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VvXZw-00074x-GF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 20:23:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40189 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvXZv-0003F6-Tm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:23:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48170) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvXZs-0003F0-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:23:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvXZs-0004WH-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:23:40 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37532) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvXZr-0004WD-TN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:23:39 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VvXZr-0000o7-Ao; Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:23:39 -0500 X-Spook: MD4 hackers benelux cybercash Ortega sniper codes Panama X-Ran: :f-:`nPAj#xT@nK&KNsE[#l`eFi3/ (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 24 Dec 2013 10:30:44 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:166848 Archived-At: Paul Eggert wrote: > I documented the procedure that I used last year, as trunk bzr 115735. > It's packaged up as a new script 'admin/update-copyright'. Awesome, thanks. The inevitable, pointless, minor quibble: can it stop refilling copyright notices? Because frankly I think I had them all adjusted nicely by hand, then last year a bunch of them got refilled (in the intervening period I've been putting them back when I notice). I'm talking about things being changed from something like ;; Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2012 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc. to ;; Copyright (C) 1993-1994, 1998-1999, 2001-2013 Free Software ;; Foundation, Inc. Feel free to ignore this, which is obviously what I should do! :) > The procedure leaves AIST copyright dates alone, That's TRT IMO.