FYI: describe changelog attributions as per GCS [libtool--devo--1.0--patch-5]

[Gary V. Vaughan]

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  M  HACKING
  M  ChangeLog
  
  * modified files
  
  Index: Changelog
  from  Gary V. Vaughan  <address@hidden>
        * HACKING (Editing 'ChangeLog'): Follow the GCS with respect to
        attributions, and mention how to handle tiny changes.
        Reported by Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden>.
  
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  +++ mod/HACKING
  @@ -85,26 +85,36 @@
   
   yyyy-mm-dd  Name of Author  <address@hidden>
   
  -* 'Name of Author' is the name of the person who made the change being
  -  documented, or if that person didn't supply a ChangeLog, the author
  -  of the ChangeLog entry.  If more than one person collaborated on the
  -  change, additional authors can be listed on subsequent lines, thus:
  +*  If more than one person collaborated on the change, additional
  +   authors can be listed on subsequent lines, thus:
   
   yyyy-mm-dd  Name of Main Author  <address@hidden>,
               Name of Contributor  <address@hidden>
   
  +* Where a change author did not supply a copyright assignment, but the
  +  changes they submitted were sufficiently trivial to commit in any case
  +  (see the GCS for guidelines on this), then flag this against their
  +  name in the header, thus:
  +
  +yyyy-mm-dd  Name of Author  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)
  +
  +* In ChangeLog.2004 and earlier, 'Name of Author' was sometimes the name
  +  of the author of the ChangeLog when the person who made the change
  +  being documented didn't supply one.   In that case separated from
  +  the previous field by a blank line and indented by 1 tab (note, only
  +  1 space between fields here) you will see:
  +
  +     From Author of Actual Change <address@hidden>:
  +
  +  As of now, don't do that anymore, since the GNU Coding Standards say
  +  that the author of the change must be credited in the main entry
  +  header for legal purposes.
  +
   * Preferably the next part should be a description of the overall
     purpose of the change, separated from the header by a blank line,
     indented by 1 tab, and filled at column 72.  The last character of the
     description should be a colon, :.
   
  -* If the author of the change is different from the author of the
  -  ChangeLog, then the change outhor should be credited, separated from
  -  the previous field by a blank line and indented by 1 tab (note, only
  -  1 space between fields here):
  -
  -     From Author of Actual Change <address@hidden>:
  -
   * Changes to each file come next.  Each new file starts on a new line,
     indented by 1 tab and starting with an asterisk and a space.  Multiple
     files can be listed here relative to $top_srcdir, and comma separated.
  @@ -145,13 +155,12 @@
     formatting.
   
   
  -2005-01-08  Gary V. Vaughan  <address@hidden>,
  +2005-01-08  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>  (tiny change),
               Peter O'Gorman  <address@hidden>
   
        This is the overall description of the purpose of this change
        and any useful background for a model ChangeLog entry:
   
  -     From Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>:
        * HACKING: Updated copyright.  This isn't attached to a
        particular section of the file, so it comes first.
        (Editing 'ChangeLog'): New section.  This applies to the same
  
  
  
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