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# ChangeLog for <CATEGORY>/<PACKAGE_NAME>
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drobbins |
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# Copyright 2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.; Distributed under the GPL v2
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sandymac |
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# $Header: $
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gbevin |
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drobbins |
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*<PACKAGE_NAME>-<PACKAGE_VERSION>-<PACKAGE_RELEASE> (DD MMM YYYY)
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gbevin |
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01 Feb 2002; G.Bevin <gbevin@gentoo.org> skel.ChangeLog: This changelog is
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targetted to users. This means that the comments should be well explained and
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written in clean English.
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-- Explanation of ChangeLog format:
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Every new version or revision of the package should be marked by a '*'
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seperator line as above. Changes since the last revision have to be added to
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the top of the file, underneath the initial copyright and cvs header
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comments, in exactly the same format as this comment.
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drobbins |
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This means that you start with header line that has the following format,
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indented two spaces:
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drobbins |
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DD MMM YYYY; your_name <your_email> changed_file1, changed_file2: Your
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explanation should follow. It should be indented and wrapped at a line width
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of 80 characters. The changed_files can be omitted if they are obvious; for
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example, if you are only modifying the .ebuild file and committing a new rev
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of a package. Any details about what exactly changed in the code should be
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added as a message when the changes are committed to cvs, not in this file.
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