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Karl Berry |
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www/prep/maintain index.html maintain.dvi.gz ma... |
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Thu, 24 May 2007 00:15:34 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 07/05/24 00:15:32
Modified files:
prep/maintain : index.html maintain.dvi.gz maintain.html
maintain.html.gz maintain.html_node.tar.gz
maintain.info.tar.gz maintain.pdf
maintain.ps.gz maintain.texi.tar.gz
maintain.txt maintain.txt.gz
prep/maintain/html_node: Announcements.html
Automated-FTP-Uploads.html
Automated-Upload-Procedure.html
Automated-Upload-Registration.html
CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html
Clean-Ups.html
Copying-from-Other-Packages.html
Copyright-Notices.html
Copyright-Papers.html
Distribution-Patches.html
Distribution-on-ftp_002egnu_002eorg.html
Distribution-tar-Files.html
Distributions.html
Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration.html
External-Libraries.html
FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e0.html
FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html
Free-Software-Directory.html
Free-Software-and-Open-Source.html
GNU-and-Linux.html Hosting.html
Index.html Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html
Legal-Matters.html
Legally-Significant.html
License-Notices.html Mail.html
Old-Versions.html Platforms.html
Preface.html
Recording-Contributors.html
Recruiting-Developers.html
Stepping-Down.html Terminology.html
Test-Releases.html
Using-the-Proofreaders-List.html
Web-Pages.html index.html
Log message:
including public domain legal notices
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.19&r2=1.20
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.dvi.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.14
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.15&r2=1.16
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html_node.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.info.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.14
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.pdf?cvsroot=www&rev=1.14
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.ps.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.14
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.texi.tar.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.14
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.txt?cvsroot=www&r1=1.15&r2=1.16
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/maintain.txt.gz?cvsroot=www&rev=1.14
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Announcements.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-FTP-Uploads.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-Upload-Procedure.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Automated-Upload-Registration.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/CVS-Keywords-in-Web-Pages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Clean-Ups.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Copying-from-Other-Packages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.2&r2=1.3
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distribution-Patches.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distribution-on-ftp_002egnu_002eorg.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distribution-tar-Files.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Distributions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Ethical-and-Philosophical-Consideration.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/External-Libraries.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e0.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e1.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.4&r2=1.5
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Free-Software-Directory.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Free-Software-and-Open-Source.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/GNU-and-Linux.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Hosting.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Legal-Matters.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Mail.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Old-Versions.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Platforms.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Preface.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Recording-Contributors.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Recruiting-Developers.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Stepping-Down.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Terminology.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Test-Releases.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Using-the-Proofreaders-List.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/Web-Pages.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/prep/maintain/html_node/index.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.14&r2=1.15
Patches:
Index: index.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- index.html 21 Jan 2007 17:27:46 -0000 1.19
+++ index.html 24 May 2007 00:14:14 -0000 1.20
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
- "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en">
-
-<head>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" -->
<title>Information for maintainers of GNU software - GNU Project - Free
Software Foundation (FSF)</title>
-<meta http-equiv="content-type" content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/gnu.css" />
-<link rev="made" href="address@hidden" />
-</head>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Information for maintainers of GNU software</h2>
<!-- This document is in XML, and xhtml 1.0 -->
<!-- Please make sure to properly nest your tags -->
@@ -16,76 +9,70 @@
<!-- consistent with W3C xhtml 1.0 and CSS standards -->
<!-- See validator.w3.org -->
-<body>
-
-<h3>Information for maintainers of GNU software</h3>
-
<address>Free Software Foundation</address>
-<address>last updated January 21, 2007</address>
-<p>
-<a href="/graphics/gnu-head.jpg">
- <img src="/graphics/gnu-head-sm.jpg"
- alt=" [image of the head of a GNU] " width="129" height="122"/>
-</a>
-</p>
-<hr />
+<address>last updated May 23, 2007</address>
<p>This manual (maintain) is available in the following formats:</p>
<ul>
- <li><a href="maintain.html">HTML
- (108K characters)</a> - entirely on one web page.</li>
- <li><a href="html_node/index.html">HTML</a> - with one web page per
+<li><a href="maintain.html">HTML
+ (112K bytes)</a> - entirely on one web page.</li>
+<li><a href="html_node/index.html">HTML</a> - with one web page per
node.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.html.gz">HTML compressed
- (32K gzipped characters)</a> - entirely on
+<li><a href="maintain.html.gz">HTML compressed
+ (32K bytes gzipped)</a> - entirely on
one web page.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.html_node.tar.gz">HTML compressed
+<li><a href="maintain.html_node.tar.gz">HTML compressed
(36K gzipped tar file)</a> -
with one web page per node.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.info.tar.gz">Info document
- (28K characters gzipped tar file)</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.txt">ASCII text
- (76K characters)</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.txt.gz">ASCII text compressed
- (24K gzipped characters)</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.dvi.gz">TeX dvi file
- (44K characters gzipped)</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.ps.gz">PostScript file
- (160K characters gzipped)</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.pdf">PDF file
- (248K characters)</a>.</li>
- <li><a href="maintain.texi.tar.gz">Texinfo source
- (28K characters gzipped tar file)</a></li>
+<li><a href="maintain.info.tar.gz">Info document
+ (28K bytes gzipped tar file)</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="maintain.txt">ASCII text
+ (76K bytes)</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="maintain.txt.gz">ASCII text compressed
+ (24K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="maintain.dvi.gz">TeX dvi file
+ (44K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="maintain.ps.gz">PostScript file
+ (160K bytes gzipped)</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="maintain.pdf">PDF file
+ (240K bytes)</a>.</li>
+<li><a href="maintain.texi.tar.gz">Texinfo source
+ (28K bytes gzipped tar file)</a></li>
</ul>
<p>(This page generated by the <a
href="http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/~checkout~/texinfo/texinfo/util/gendocs.sh";>gendocs.sh
script</a>.)</p>
-<div class="copyright">
-<p>
-Return to the <a href="/home.html">GNU Project home page</a>.
-</p>
+<!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general, -->
+<!-- all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about -->
+<!-- verbatim copying. Please do NOT remove this without talking -->
+<!-- with the webmasters first. -->
+<!-- Please make sure the copyright date is consistent with the document -->
+<!-- and that it is like this "2001, 2002" not this "2001-2002." -->
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer-min.html" -->
+<div id="footer">
<p>
Please send FSF & GNU inquiries to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
-There are also <a href="/home.html#ContactInfo">other ways to contact</a>
+There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a>
the FSF.
<br />
-Please send broken links and other corrections (or suggestions) to
+Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><em>address@hidden</em></a>.
</p>
<p>
-Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111, USA
-<br />
-Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
+Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+</p>
+<address>51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02111, USA</address>
+<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.
</p>
</div>
-
+</div>
</body>
</html>
Index: maintain.dvi.gz
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/maintain.dvi.gz,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -b -r1.13 -r1.14
Binary files /tmp/cvsAkfcB3 and /tmp/cvsUHZLOQ differ
Index: maintain.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/prep/maintain/maintain.html,v
retrieving revision 1.15
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -b -r1.15 -r1.16
--- maintain.html 21 Jan 2007 17:27:46 -0000 1.15
+++ maintain.html 24 May 2007 00:14:16 -0000 1.16
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
<title>Information For Maintainers of GNU Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
-<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8">
+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8.90">
<link title="Top" rel="top" href="#Top">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
title="Texinfo Homepage">
<!--
-Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated January 15, 2007.
+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 23, 2007.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
<h2 class="unnumbered">Version</h2>
-<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated January 15, 2007.
+<p>Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 23, 2007.
<p>Copyright © 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
@@ -169,12 +169,10 @@
package, you should have an account there. Contact
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> if you don't have one.
(You can also ask
for accounts for people who help you a large amount in working on the
-package.) <samp><span class="file">/gd/gnuorg/maintain.tar.gz</span></samp>
is a tar file containing
-all of these files in that directory which are mentioned in this file;
-it is updated daily.
+package.)
<p>This release of the GNU Maintenance Instructions was last updated
-January 15, 2007.
+May 23, 2007.
<div class="node">
<p><hr>
@@ -345,7 +343,7 @@
<p>For large changes, ask the contributor for an assignment. Send per a
copy of the file <samp><span
class="file">request-assign.changes</span></samp>. (Like all the
-`<samp><span class="samp">request-</span></samp>' files, it is in <samp><span
class="file">/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</span></samp> and in
+‘<samp><span class="samp">request-</span></samp>’ files, it is in
<samp><span class="file">/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</span></samp> and in
<code>gnulib</code>.)
<p>For medium to small changes, request a disclaimer by sending per the
@@ -369,8 +367,8 @@
<p>For less common cases, we have template files you should send to the
contributor. Be sure to fill in the name of the person and the name
-of the program in these templates, where it says `<samp><span
class="samp">NAME OF PERSON</span></samp>'
-and `<samp><span class="samp">NAME OF PROGRAM</span></samp>', before sending;
otherwise person might
+of the program in these templates, where it says ‘<samp><span
class="samp">NAME OF PERSON</span></samp>’
+and ‘<samp><span class="samp">NAME OF PROGRAM</span></samp>’,
before sending; otherwise person might
sign without noticing them, and the papers would be useless. Note
that in some templates there is more than one place to put the name of
the program or the name of the person; be sure to change all of them.
@@ -477,8 +475,8 @@
significant. If so, you should get copyright papers for all his
changes before you install the new change.
- <p>If that is not so, you can install the small patch. Write `<samp><span
class="samp">(tiny
-change)</span></samp>' after the patch author's name, like this:
+ <p>If that is not so, you can install the small patch. Write
‘<samp><span class="samp">(tiny
+change)</span></samp>’ after the patch author's name, like this:
<pre class="example"> 2002-11-04 Robert Fenk <address@hidden>
(tiny change)
</pre>
@@ -532,7 +530,7 @@
<p>You can use the change log as the basis for these records, if you
wish. Just make sure to record the correct author for each change
(the person who wrote the change, <em>not</em> the person who installed
-it), and add `<samp><span class="samp">(tiny change)</span></samp>' for those
changes that are too
+it), and add ‘<samp><span class="samp">(tiny
change)</span></samp>’ for those changes that are too
trivial to matter for copyright purposes. Later on you can update the
<samp><span class="file">AUTHORS</span></samp> file from the change log. This
can even be done
automatically, if you are careful about the formatting of the change
@@ -556,6 +554,24 @@
you did was copy it, not write it, then for copyright purposes you are
<em>not</em> one of the contributors of <em>this</em> code.
+ <p>Especially when code has been released into the public domain, authors
+sometimes fail to write a license statement in each file. In this
+case, please first be sure that all the authors of the code have
+disclaimed copyright interest. Then, when copying the new files into
+your project, add a brief note at the beginning of the files recording
+the authors, the public domain status, and anything else relevant.
+
+ <p>On the other hand, when merging some public domain code into an
+existing file covered by the GPL (or LGPL or other free software
+license), there is no reason to indicate the pieces which are public
+domain. The notice saying that the whole file is under the GPL (or
+other license) is legally sufficient.
+
+ <p>Using code that is released under a GPL-compatible free license,
+rather than being in the public domain, may require preserving
+copyright notices or other steps. Of course, you should do what is
+needed.
+
<p>If you are maintaining an FSF-copyrighted package, please verify we
have papers for the code you are copying, <em>before</em> copying it.
If you are copying from another FSF-copyrighted package, then we
@@ -616,11 +632,11 @@
someone else; you should know who is the copyright holder for your
package.
- <p>Replace the `<samp><span class="samp">(C)</span></samp>' with a
C-in-a-circle symbol if it is available.
-For example, use `<samp><span class="samp">@copyright{}</span></samp>' in a
Texinfo file. However,
-stick with parenthesized `<samp><span class="samp">C</span></samp>' unless you
know that C-in-a-circle
+ <p>Replace the ‘<samp><span class="samp">(C)</span></samp>’
with a C-in-a-circle symbol if it is available.
+For example, use ‘<samp><span
class="samp">@copyright{}</span></samp>’ in a Texinfo file. However,
+stick with parenthesized ‘<samp><span
class="samp">C</span></samp>’ unless you know that C-in-a-circle
will work. For example, a program's standard <samp><span
class="option">--version</span></samp>
-message should use parenthesized `<samp><span class="samp">C</span></samp>' by
default, though message
+message should use parenthesized ‘<samp><span
class="samp">C</span></samp>’ by default, though message
translations may use C-in-a-circle in locales where that symbol is
known to work.
@@ -634,7 +650,7 @@
package, and be done with it for the rest of the year.
<p>For files which are regularly copied from another project (such as
-`<samp><span class="samp">gnulib</span></samp>'), the copyright notice should
left as it is in the
+‘<samp><span class="samp">gnulib</span></samp>’), the copyright
notice should left as it is in the
original.
<p>Don't delete old year numbers, though; they can indicate when older
@@ -643,7 +659,7 @@
years that come with the file.
<p>Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance, do not
-write `<samp><span class="samp">1996--1998</span></samp>'; instead, write
`<samp><span class="samp">1996, 1997, 1998</span></samp>'.
+write ‘<samp><span class="samp">1996--1998</span></samp>’;
instead, write ‘<samp><span class="samp">1996, 1997,
1998</span></samp>’.
<p>The copyright statement may be split across multiple lines, both in
source files and in any generated output. This often happens for
@@ -781,7 +797,7 @@
</pre>
<p>If the FSF does not publish this manual on paper, then omit the last
sentence in (a) that talks about copies from GNU Press. If the FSF is
-not the copyright holder, then replace `<samp><span
class="samp">FSF</span></samp>' with the appropriate
+not the copyright holder, then replace ‘<samp><span
class="samp">FSF</span></samp>’ with the appropriate
name.
<p>See <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html";>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html</a>
for more advice
@@ -794,7 +810,7 @@
<p>Note that when you distribute several manuals together in one software
package, their on-line forms can share a single copy of the GFDL (see
-section 6). However, the printed (`<samp><span
class="samp">.dvi</span></samp>') forms should each
+section 6). However, the printed (‘<samp><span
class="samp">.dvi</span></samp>’) forms should each
contain a copy of the GFDL, unless they are set up to be printed
and published only together. Therefore, it is usually simplest to
include the GFDL in each manual.
@@ -851,7 +867,7 @@
to build this module and link it into the executable.
<p>For this method, it is not necessary to treat the module as a library
-and make a `<samp><span class="samp">.a</span></samp>' file from it. You can
link with the `<samp><span class="samp">.o</span></samp>'
+and make a ‘<samp><span class="samp">.a</span></samp>’ file from
it. You can link with the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">.o</span></samp>’
files directly in the usual manner.
</ol>
@@ -969,7 +985,7 @@
<a name="index-email_002c-for-receiving-bug-reports-13"></a><a
name="index-mailing-list-for-bug-reports-14"></a>Once a program is in use, you
will get bug reports for it. Most GNU
programs have their own special lists for sending bug reports. The
advertised bug-reporting email address should always be
-`<samp><span class="samp">bug-</span><var>program</var><span
class="samp">@gnu.org</span></samp>', to help show users that the program
+‘<samp><span class="samp">bug-</span><var>program</var><span
class="samp">@gnu.org</span></samp>’, to help show users that the program
is a GNU package, but it is ok to set up that list to forward to another
site for further forwarding. The package distribution should state the
name of the bug-reporting list in a prominent place, and ask users to
@@ -992,7 +1008,7 @@
alternatively ask <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to add
you to the
bug-reporting list for your program. To set up a new list, contact
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. You can subscribe to a
list managed
-by Mailman by sending mail to the corresponding `<samp><span
class="samp">-request</span></samp>' address.
+by Mailman by sending mail to the corresponding ‘<samp><span
class="samp">-request</span></samp>’ address.
<p>You should moderate postings from non-subscribed addresses on your
mailing lists, to prevent propagation of unwanted messages (“spam”)
@@ -1169,10 +1185,10 @@
it will be very clear from the diffs themselves which version is which.
<p><a name="index-diff-20"></a><a name="index-patch-21"></a><a
name="index-time-stamp-in-diffs-22"></a>If you use GNU <code>diff</code> to
make the patch, use the options
-`<samp><span class="samp">-rc2P</span></samp>'. That will put any new files
into the output as “entirely
+‘<samp><span class="samp">-rc2P</span></samp>’. That will put any
new files into the output as “entirely
different.” Also, the patch's context diff headers should have dates
and times in Universal Time using traditional Unix format, so that patch
-recipients can use GNU <code>patch</code>'s `<samp><span
class="samp">-Z</span></samp>' option. For example,
+recipients can use GNU <code>patch</code>'s ‘<samp><span
class="samp">-Z</span></samp>’ option. For example,
you could use the following Bourne shell command to create the patch:
<pre class="example"> LC_ALL=C TZ=UTC0 diff -rc2P gcc-2.3.2 gcc-2.3.3 | \
@@ -1212,7 +1228,7 @@
<!-- site at @code{ftp.gnu.org} for your program, that is something that -->
<!-- @email{ftp-upload@@gnu.org} can set up for you. Please contact them if
-->
<!-- you are interested. -->
-<p>See <a href="#Automated-FTP-Uploads">Automated FTP Uploads</a>, for
procedural details of putting new
+ <p>See <a href="#Automated-FTP-Uploads">Automated FTP Uploads</a>, for
procedural details of putting new
versions on <code>ftp.gnu.org</code>.
<div class="node">
@@ -1310,7 +1326,7 @@
preferred email address.
<li>An ASCII armored copy of your GnuPG key, as an attachment.
-(`<samp><span class="samp">gpg --export -a YOUR_KEY_ID
>mykey.asc</span></samp>' should give you this.)
+(‘<samp><span class="samp">gpg --export -a YOUR_KEY_ID
>mykey.asc</span></samp>’ should give you this.)
<li>A list of names and preferred email addresses of other individuals you
authorize to make releases for which packages, if any (in the case that you
@@ -1346,10 +1362,10 @@
<ol type=1 start=1>
<li>The file to be distributed (for example, <samp><span
class="file">foo.tar.gz</span></samp>).
- <li>Detached GPG binary signature for (1), made using `<samp><span
class="samp">gpg -b</span></samp>'
+ <li>Detached GPG binary signature for (1), made using ‘<samp><span
class="samp">gpg -b</span></samp>’
(for example, <samp><span class="file">foo.tar.gz.sig</span></samp>).
- <li>A clearsigned <dfn>directive file</dfn>, made using `<samp><span
class="samp">gpg --clearsign</span></samp>'
+ <li>A clearsigned <dfn>directive file</dfn>, made using
‘<samp><span class="samp">gpg --clearsign</span></samp>’
(for example, <samp><span class="file">foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</span></samp>).
</ol>
@@ -1401,14 +1417,14 @@
directives <code>version</code>, <code>directory</code> and
<code>filename</code>, as
described. In addition, a 'comment' directive is allowed.
- <p>The <code>version</code> directive must always have the value
`<samp><span class="samp">1.1</span></samp>'.
+ <p>The <code>version</code> directive must always have the value
‘<samp><span class="samp">1.1</span></samp>’.
<p>The <code>directory</code> directive specifies the final destination
directory where the uploaded file and its <samp><span
class="file">.sig</span></samp> companion are to
be placed.
<p>The <code>filename</code> directive must contain the name of the file to
be
-distributed (item <!-- /@w -->(1) above).
+distributed (item (1) above).
<p>For example, as part of an uploaded triplet, a
<samp><span class="file">foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</span></samp> file might
contain these lines (before
@@ -1486,10 +1502,10 @@
<h4 class="subsection">9.5.4 FTP Upload Directive File - v1.0</h4>
<p><dfn>As of June 2006, the upload script is running in compatibility
-mode, allowing uploads with either version <!-- /@w -->1.1 or
-version <!-- /@w -->1.0 of the directive file syntax. Support for v1.0
+mode, allowing uploads with either version 1.1 or
+version 1.0 of the directive file syntax. Support for v1.0
uploads will be phased out by the end of 2006, so please upgrade
-to <!-- /@w -->v1.1.</dfn>
+to v1.1.</dfn>
<p>The directive file should contain one line, excluding the clearsigned
data GPG that inserts, which specifies the final destination directory
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+++ maintain.txt 24 May 2007 00:14:18 -0000 1.16
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
Version
*******
-Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated January 15,
-2007.
+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 23, 2007.
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -85,12 +84,9 @@
package, you should have an account there. Contact <address@hidden>
if you don't have one. (You can also ask for accounts for people who
help you a large amount in working on the package.)
-`/gd/gnuorg/maintain.tar.gz' is a tar file containing all of these
-files in that directory which are mentioned in this file; it is updated
-daily.
This release of the GNU Maintenance Instructions was last updated
-January 15, 2007.
+May 23, 2007.
2 Stepping Down
***************
@@ -391,6 +387,24 @@
was copy it, not write it, then for copyright purposes you are _not_
one of the contributors of _this_ code.
+ Especially when code has been released into the public domain,
+authors sometimes fail to write a license statement in each file. In
+this case, please first be sure that all the authors of the code have
+disclaimed copyright interest. Then, when copying the new files into
+your project, add a brief note at the beginning of the files recording
+the authors, the public domain status, and anything else relevant.
+
+ On the other hand, when merging some public domain code into an
+existing file covered by the GPL (or LGPL or other free software
+license), there is no reason to indicate the pieces which are public
+domain. The notice saying that the whole file is under the GPL (or
+other license) is legally sufficient.
+
+ Using code that is released under a GPL-compatible free license,
+rather than being in the public domain, may require preserving
+copyright notices or other steps. Of course, you should do what is
+needed.
+
If you are maintaining an FSF-copyrighted package, please verify we
have papers for the code you are copying, _before_ copying it. If you
are copying from another FSF-copyrighted package, then we presumably
@@ -820,7 +834,7 @@
It is very important to keep backup files of all source files of GNU.
You can do this using RCS, CVS or PRCS if you like. The easiest way to
-use RCS or CVS is via the Version Control library in Emacs; *Note
+use RCS or CVS is via the Version Control library in Emacs; *note
Concepts of Version Control: (emacs)VC Concepts.
The history of previous revisions and log entries is very important
@@ -1289,8 +1303,8 @@
Since `www.gnu.org' works through CVS, CVS keywords in your manual,
such as `$Log: maintain.txt,v $
-such as `Revision 1.15 2007/01/21 17:27:47 karl
-such as `gif patents expired
+such as `Revision 1.16 2007/05/24 00:14:18 karl
+such as `including public domain legal notices
such as `', need special treatment (even if you don't happen to
maintain your manual in CVS).
@@ -1507,56 +1521,56 @@
Index
*****
-$ keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1290)
-/gd/gnuorg directory: See 4.1. (line 174)
-alpha.gnu.org, ftp site for test releases: See 9.4. (line 940)
-AUTHORS file: See 4.3. (line 373)
-automake: See 9.1. (line 880)
-beta releases: See 9.4. (line 940)
-bug reports: See 7. (line 746)
-contributions, accepting: See 5. (line 668)
-copyright notices in program files: See 4.5. (line 412)
-copyright papers: See 4.1. (line 157)
-cvs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1290)
-CVS repository: See 13. (line 1428)
-data base of GNU copyright assignments: See 4.1. (line 168)
-diff: See 9.2. (line 904)
-distribution, tar files: See 9.1. (line 855)
-email, for receiving bug reports: See 7. (line 746)
-ethics: See 11. (line 1319)
-free software: See 12.1. (line 1368)
-Free Software Directory: See 14. (line 1453)
-FTP site: See 13. (line 1428)
-ftp uploads, automated: See 9.5. (line 983)
-ftp.gnu.org, the GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 929)
-gendocs.sh: See 10.1. (line 1234)
-generating documentation output: See 10.1. (line 1234)
-GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 929)
-GNU/Linux: See 12.2. (line 1393)
-hosting: See 13. (line 1428)
-legal matters: See 4. (line 151)
-legal papers for changes in manuals: See 4.1. (line 243)
-license notices in program files: See 4.6. (line 504)
-Linux: See 12.2. (line 1393)
-mailing list for bug reports: See 7. (line 746)
-movements, Free Software and Open Source: See 12.1. (line 1368)
-open source: See 12.1. (line 1368)
-patch: See 9.2. (line 904)
-patches, against previous releases: See 9.2. (line 886)
-philosophy: See 11. (line 1319)
-pretest releases: See 9.4. (line 940)
-proofreading: See 15. (line 1461)
-quality of changes suggested by others: See 5. (line 668)
-rcs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1290)
-recording contributors: See 4.3. (line 342)
-registration: See 9.5.1. (line 991)
-repository: See 13. (line 1428)
-responding to bug reports: See 7. (line 782)
-terminology: See 12. (line 1361)
-test releases: See 9.4. (line 940)
-time stamp in diffs: See 9.2. (line 904)
-uploads: See 9.5.2. (line 1015)
-uploads, registration for: See 9.5.1. (line 991)
-version control: See 8. (line 821)
-web pages: See 10. (line 1180)
-web pages, and cvs keywords: See 10.2. (line 1290)
+$ keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1304)
+/gd/gnuorg directory: See 4.1. (line 170)
+alpha.gnu.org, ftp site for test releases: See 9.4. (line 954)
+AUTHORS file: See 4.3. (line 369)
+automake: See 9.1. (line 894)
+beta releases: See 9.4. (line 954)
+bug reports: See 7. (line 760)
+contributions, accepting: See 5. (line 682)
+copyright notices in program files: See 4.5. (line 426)
+copyright papers: See 4.1. (line 153)
+cvs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1304)
+CVS repository: See 13. (line 1442)
+data base of GNU copyright assignments: See 4.1. (line 164)
+diff: See 9.2. (line 918)
+distribution, tar files: See 9.1. (line 869)
+email, for receiving bug reports: See 7. (line 760)
+ethics: See 11. (line 1333)
+free software: See 12.1. (line 1382)
+Free Software Directory: See 14. (line 1467)
+FTP site: See 13. (line 1442)
+ftp uploads, automated: See 9.5. (line 997)
+ftp.gnu.org, the GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 943)
+gendocs.sh: See 10.1. (line 1248)
+generating documentation output: See 10.1. (line 1248)
+GNU ftp site: See 9.3. (line 943)
+GNU/Linux: See 12.2. (line 1407)
+hosting: See 13. (line 1442)
+legal matters: See 4. (line 147)
+legal papers for changes in manuals: See 4.1. (line 239)
+license notices in program files: See 4.6. (line 518)
+Linux: See 12.2. (line 1407)
+mailing list for bug reports: See 7. (line 760)
+movements, Free Software and Open Source: See 12.1. (line 1382)
+open source: See 12.1. (line 1382)
+patch: See 9.2. (line 918)
+patches, against previous releases: See 9.2. (line 900)
+philosophy: See 11. (line 1333)
+pretest releases: See 9.4. (line 954)
+proofreading: See 15. (line 1475)
+quality of changes suggested by others: See 5. (line 682)
+rcs keywords in web pages: See 10.2. (line 1304)
+recording contributors: See 4.3. (line 338)
+registration: See 9.5.1. (line 1005)
+repository: See 13. (line 1442)
+responding to bug reports: See 7. (line 796)
+terminology: See 12. (line 1375)
+test releases: See 9.4. (line 954)
+time stamp in diffs: See 9.2. (line 918)
+uploads: See 9.5.2. (line 1029)
+uploads, registration for: See 9.5.1. (line 1005)
+version control: See 8. (line 835)
+web pages: See 10. (line 1194)
+web pages, and cvs keywords: See 10.2. (line 1304)
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<title>Announcements - Information For Maintainers of GNU Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
-<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8">
+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8.90">
<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top">
<link rel="up" href="Distributions.html#Distributions" title="Distributions">
<link rel="prev" href="Automated-FTP-Uploads.html#Automated-FTP-Uploads"
title="Automated FTP Uploads">
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"; rel="generator-home"
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 23, 2007.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
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Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
-<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8">
+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8.90">
<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top">
<link rel="up" href="Distributions.html#Distributions" title="Distributions">
<link rel="prev" href="Test-Releases.html#Test-Releases" title="Test Releases">
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Software</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
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+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8.90">
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href="Automated-Upload-Registration.html#Automated-Upload-Registration"
title="Automated Upload Registration">
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 23, 2007.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
<ol type=1 start=1>
<li>The file to be distributed (for example, <samp><span
class="file">foo.tar.gz</span></samp>).
- <li>Detached GPG binary signature for (1), made using `<samp><span
class="samp">gpg -b</span></samp>'
+ <li>Detached GPG binary signature for (1), made using ‘<samp><span
class="samp">gpg -b</span></samp>’
(for example, <samp><span class="file">foo.tar.gz.sig</span></samp>).
- <li>A clearsigned <dfn>directive file</dfn>, made using `<samp><span
class="samp">gpg --clearsign</span></samp>'
+ <li>A clearsigned <dfn>directive file</dfn>, made using
‘<samp><span class="samp">gpg --clearsign</span></samp>’
(for example, <samp><span class="file">foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</span></samp>).
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Software</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
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+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8.90">
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<link rel="up" href="Automated-FTP-Uploads.html#Automated-FTP-Uploads"
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href="Automated-Upload-Procedure.html#Automated-Upload-Procedure"
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+Information for maintainers of GNU software, last updated May 23, 2007.
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2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
preferred email address.
<li>An ASCII armored copy of your GnuPG key, as an attachment.
-(`<samp><span class="samp">gpg --export -a YOUR_KEY_ID
>mykey.asc</span></samp>' should give you this.)
+(‘<samp><span class="samp">gpg --export -a YOUR_KEY_ID
>mykey.asc</span></samp>’ should give you this.)
<li>A list of names and preferred email addresses of other individuals you
authorize to make releases for which packages, if any (in the case that you
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Software</title>
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<link rel="up" href="Web-Pages.html#Web-Pages" title="Web Pages">
<link rel="prev" href="Invoking-gendocs_002esh.html#Invoking-gendocs_002esh"
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Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
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@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@
you did was copy it, not write it, then for copyright purposes you are
<em>not</em> one of the contributors of <em>this</em> code.
+ <p>Especially when code has been released into the public domain, authors
+sometimes fail to write a license statement in each file. In this
+case, please first be sure that all the authors of the code have
+disclaimed copyright interest. Then, when copying the new files into
+your project, add a brief note at the beginning of the files recording
+the authors, the public domain status, and anything else relevant.
+
+ <p>On the other hand, when merging some public domain code into an
+existing file covered by the GPL (or LGPL or other free software
+license), there is no reason to indicate the pieces which are public
+domain. The notice saying that the whole file is under the GPL (or
+other license) is legally sufficient.
+
+ <p>Using code that is released under a GPL-compatible free license,
+rather than being in the public domain, may require preserving
+copyright notices or other steps. Of course, you should do what is
+needed.
+
<p>If you are maintaining an FSF-copyrighted package, please verify we
have papers for the code you are copying, <em>before</em> copying it.
If you are copying from another FSF-copyrighted package, then we
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@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@
someone else; you should know who is the copyright holder for your
package.
- <p>Replace the `<samp><span class="samp">(C)</span></samp>' with a
C-in-a-circle symbol if it is available.
-For example, use `<samp><span class="samp">@copyright{}</span></samp>' in a
Texinfo file. However,
-stick with parenthesized `<samp><span class="samp">C</span></samp>' unless you
know that C-in-a-circle
+ <p>Replace the ‘<samp><span class="samp">(C)</span></samp>’
with a C-in-a-circle symbol if it is available.
+For example, use ‘<samp><span
class="samp">@copyright{}</span></samp>’ in a Texinfo file. However,
+stick with parenthesized ‘<samp><span
class="samp">C</span></samp>’ unless you know that C-in-a-circle
will work. For example, a program's standard <samp><span
class="option">--version</span></samp>
-message should use parenthesized `<samp><span class="samp">C</span></samp>' by
default, though message
+message should use parenthesized ‘<samp><span
class="samp">C</span></samp>’ by default, though message
translations may use C-in-a-circle in locales where that symbol is
known to work.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
package, and be done with it for the rest of the year.
<p>For files which are regularly copied from another project (such as
-`<samp><span class="samp">gnulib</span></samp>'), the copyright notice should
left as it is in the
+‘<samp><span class="samp">gnulib</span></samp>’), the copyright
notice should left as it is in the
original.
<p>Don't delete old year numbers, though; they can indicate when older
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
years that come with the file.
<p>Do not abbreviate the year list using a range; for instance, do not
-write `<samp><span class="samp">1996--1998</span></samp>'; instead, write
`<samp><span class="samp">1996, 1997, 1998</span></samp>'.
+write ‘<samp><span class="samp">1996--1998</span></samp>’;
instead, write ‘<samp><span class="samp">1996, 1997,
1998</span></samp>’.
<p>The copyright statement may be split across multiple lines, both in
source files and in any generated output. This often happens for
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<title>Copyright Papers - Information For Maintainers of GNU Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
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<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top">
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<p>For large changes, ask the contributor for an assignment. Send per a
copy of the file <samp><span
class="file">request-assign.changes</span></samp>. (Like all the
-`<samp><span class="samp">request-</span></samp>' files, it is in <samp><span
class="file">/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</span></samp> and in
+‘<samp><span class="samp">request-</span></samp>’ files, it is in
<samp><span class="file">/gd/gnuorg/Copyright</span></samp> and in
<code>gnulib</code>.)
<p>For medium to small changes, request a disclaimer by sending per the
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
<p>For less common cases, we have template files you should send to the
contributor. Be sure to fill in the name of the person and the name
-of the program in these templates, where it says `<samp><span
class="samp">NAME OF PERSON</span></samp>'
-and `<samp><span class="samp">NAME OF PROGRAM</span></samp>', before sending;
otherwise person might
+of the program in these templates, where it says ‘<samp><span
class="samp">NAME OF PERSON</span></samp>’
+and ‘<samp><span class="samp">NAME OF PROGRAM</span></samp>’,
before sending; otherwise person might
sign without noticing them, and the papers would be useless. Note
that in some templates there is more than one place to put the name of
the program or the name of the person; be sure to change all of them.
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Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
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+<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.8.90">
<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top">
<link rel="up" href="Distributions.html#Distributions" title="Distributions">
<link rel="prev" href="Distribution-tar-Files.html#Distribution-tar-Files"
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it will be very clear from the diffs themselves which version is which.
<p><a name="index-diff-20"></a><a name="index-patch-21"></a><a
name="index-time-stamp-in-diffs-22"></a>If you use GNU <code>diff</code> to
make the patch, use the options
-`<samp><span class="samp">-rc2P</span></samp>'. That will put any new files
into the output as “entirely
+‘<samp><span class="samp">-rc2P</span></samp>’. That will put any
new files into the output as “entirely
different.” Also, the patch's context diff headers should have dates
and times in Universal Time using traditional Unix format, so that patch
-recipients can use GNU <code>patch</code>'s `<samp><span
class="samp">-Z</span></samp>' option. For example,
+recipients can use GNU <code>patch</code>'s ‘<samp><span
class="samp">-Z</span></samp>’ option. For example,
you could use the following Bourne shell command to create the patch:
<pre class="example"> LC_ALL=C TZ=UTC0 diff -rc2P gcc-2.3.2 gcc-2.3.3 | \
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Software</title>
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<!-- you are interested. -->
-<p>See <a href="Automated-FTP-Uploads.html#Automated-FTP-Uploads">Automated
FTP Uploads</a>, for procedural details of putting new
+ <p>See <a href="Automated-FTP-Uploads.html#Automated-FTP-Uploads">Automated
FTP Uploads</a>, for procedural details of putting new
versions on <code>ftp.gnu.org</code>.
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Software</title>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
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to build this module and link it into the executable.
<p>For this method, it is not necessary to treat the module as a library
-and make a `<samp><span class="samp">.a</span></samp>' file from it. You can
link with the `<samp><span class="samp">.o</span></samp>'
+and make a ‘<samp><span class="samp">.a</span></samp>’ file from
it. You can link with the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">.o</span></samp>’
files directly in the usual manner.
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Software</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<meta name="description" content="Information For Maintainers of GNU Software">
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<p><dfn>As of June 2006, the upload script is running in compatibility
-mode, allowing uploads with either version <!-- /@w -->1.1 or
-version <!-- /@w -->1.0 of the directive file syntax. Support for v1.0
+mode, allowing uploads with either version 1.1 or
+version 1.0 of the directive file syntax. Support for v1.0
uploads will be phased out by the end of 2006, so please upgrade
-to <!-- /@w -->v1.1.</dfn>
+to v1.1.</dfn>
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data GPG that inserts, which specifies the final destination directory
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Software</title>
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title="Automated FTP Uploads">
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href="Automated-Upload-Procedure.html#Automated-Upload-Procedure"
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href="FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e0.html#FTP-Upload-Directive-File-_002d-v1_002e0"
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directives <code>version</code>, <code>directory</code> and
<code>filename</code>, as
described. In addition, a 'comment' directive is allowed.
- <p>The <code>version</code> directive must always have the value
`<samp><span class="samp">1.1</span></samp>'.
+ <p>The <code>version</code> directive must always have the value
‘<samp><span class="samp">1.1</span></samp>’.
<p>The <code>directory</code> directive specifies the final destination
directory where the uploaded file and its <samp><span
class="file">.sig</span></samp> companion are to
be placed.
<p>The <code>filename</code> directive must contain the name of the file to
be
-distributed (item <!-- /@w -->(1) above).
+distributed (item (1) above).
<p>For example, as part of an uploaded triplet, a
<samp><span class="file">foo.tar.gz.directive.asc</span></samp> file might
contain these lines (before
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significant. If so, you should get copyright papers for all his
changes before you install the new change.
- <p>If that is not so, you can install the small patch. Write `<samp><span
class="samp">(tiny
-change)</span></samp>' after the patch author's name, like this:
+ <p>If that is not so, you can install the small patch. Write
‘<samp><span class="samp">(tiny
+change)</span></samp>’ after the patch author's name, like this:
<pre class="example"> 2002-11-04 Robert Fenk <address@hidden>
(tiny change)
</pre>
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</pre>
<p>If the FSF does not publish this manual on paper, then omit the last
sentence in (a) that talks about copies from GNU Press. If the FSF is
-not the copyright holder, then replace `<samp><span
class="samp">FSF</span></samp>' with the appropriate
+not the copyright holder, then replace ‘<samp><span
class="samp">FSF</span></samp>’ with the appropriate
name.
<p>See <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html";>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-howto.html</a>
for more advice
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<p>Note that when you distribute several manuals together in one software
package, their on-line forms can share a single copy of the GFDL (see
-section 6). However, the printed (`<samp><span
class="samp">.dvi</span></samp>') forms should each
+section 6). However, the printed (‘<samp><span
class="samp">.dvi</span></samp>’) forms should each
contain a copy of the GFDL, unless they are set up to be printed
and published only together. Therefore, it is usually simplest to
include the GFDL in each manual.
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<a name="index-email_002c-for-receiving-bug-reports-13"></a><a
name="index-mailing-list-for-bug-reports-14"></a>Once a program is in use, you
will get bug reports for it. Most GNU
programs have their own special lists for sending bug reports. The
advertised bug-reporting email address should always be
-`<samp><span class="samp">bug-</span><var>program</var><span
class="samp">@gnu.org</span></samp>', to help show users that the program
+‘<samp><span class="samp">bug-</span><var>program</var><span
class="samp">@gnu.org</span></samp>’, to help show users that the program
is a GNU package, but it is ok to set up that list to forward to another
site for further forwarding. The package distribution should state the
name of the bug-reporting list in a prominent place, and ask users to
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
alternatively ask <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> to add
you to the
bug-reporting list for your program. To set up a new list, contact
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a>. You can subscribe to a
list managed
-by Mailman by sending mail to the corresponding `<samp><span
class="samp">-request</span></samp>' address.
+by Mailman by sending mail to the corresponding ‘<samp><span
class="samp">-request</span></samp>’ address.
<p>You should moderate postings from non-subscribed addresses on your
mailing lists, to prevent propagation of unwanted messages (“spam”)
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package, you should have an account there. Contact
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";>address@hidden</a> if you don't have one.
(You can also ask
for accounts for people who help you a large amount in working on the
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