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PATCH: codingconventions.html (was: PATCH: java/contrib.html)
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> We could consider removing the note about ChangeLog entries for
> documentation changes, as this is now required by the main GNU Coding
> Standards.
I had actually considered that, but didn't do it because many (casual)
contributors are not fully aware of that. Still, I now reworked that
paragraph a bit.
Gerald
Shorten notes on ChangeLog entries for documentation/web page changes.
Index: codingconventions.html
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--- codingconventions.html 30 Jul 2003 12:11:32 -0000 1.28
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@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ maintained and kept up to date. In part
<h2>ChangeLogs</h2>
-<p>GCC requires ChangeLog entries for documentation changes (see <a
-href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1998-03/msg00564.html";>message</a>);
-for the GCC web pages (apart from the java and libstdc++-v3 ones) we the
-CVS commit logs are sufficient.</p>
+<p>GCC requires ChangeLog entries for documentation changes; for the web
+pages (apart from <code>java/</code> and <code>libstdc++/</code>) the CVS
+commit logs are sufficient.</p>
<p>See also what the <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html";>GNU Coding