Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitlog-to-changelog: support 'tiny change' commits.

[Jim Meyering]

Gary V. Vaughan wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> On 15 Nov 2011, at 18:14, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>>> I think 'Copyright-paper-required: No' is still the best compromise here for
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>> This is setting FSF policy,
>
> Well, the policy is already set very clearly...
>
> From http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Legally-Significant

That part is not in question.

The syntax you are proposing would set policy for
GNU projects that use gitlog-to-changelog.

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>> For example, I have a slight preference
>> for a semantically positive tag like "Copyright-paperwork-exempt:".
>
> That seems fine to me too.
>
> Rather than stalling, what's the next step to keep things in motion?

Propose a patch to maintain.texi.