| 1 | # ChangeLog for <CATEGORY>/<PACKAGE_NAME> |
1 | # ChangeLog for <CATEGORY>/<PACKAGE_NAME> |
| 2 | # Copyright 2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.; Distributed under the GPL |
2 | # Copyright 2002 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.; Distributed under the GPL v2 |
| 3 | # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/skel.ChangeLog,v 1.2 2002/02/05 00:57:47 gbevin Exp $ |
3 | # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/skel.ChangeLog,v 1.3 2002/05/07 03:58:19 drobbins Exp $ |
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| 5 | *<PACKAGE_NAME>-<PACKAGE_VERSION>-<PACKAGE_RELEASE> (<DATE>) |
5 | *<PACKAGE_NAME>-<PACKAGE_VERSION>-<PACKAGE_RELEASE> (DD MMM YYYY) |
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| 7 | 1 Feb 2002; G.Bevin <gbevin@gentoo.org> skel.ChangeLog : |
7 | 01 Feb 2002; G.Bevin <gbevin@gentoo.org> skel.ChangeLog: This changelog is |
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| 9 | This changelog is targetted to users. This means that the comments should be |
8 | targetted to users. This means that the comments should be well explained and |
| 10 | well explained and written in clean English. |
9 | written in clean English. |
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11 | -- Explanation of ChangeLog format: |
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| 12 | Every new version or revision of the package has to be marked by a '*' |
13 | Every new version or revision of the package should be marked by a '*' |
| 13 | seperator line as above. Changements since the last revision have to be |
14 | seperator line as above. Changes since the last revision have to be added to |
| 14 | added to the top of the file, underneath the initial copyright and cvs header |
15 | the top of the file, underneath the initial copyright and cvs header |
| 15 | comments, in exactly the same format as this comment. |
16 | comments, in exactly the same format as this comment. |
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| 17 | This means that you start with header line that has the following format : |
18 | This means that you start with header line that has the following format, |
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19 | indented two spaces: |
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| 19 | date; your_name <your_email> changed_file1, changed_file2 : |
21 | DD MMM YYYY; your_name <your_email> changed_file1, changed_file2: Your |
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22 | explanation should follow. It should be indented and wrapped at a line width |
| 21 | Below that line your explanation should follow. It has to be indented, |
23 | of 80 characters. The changed_files can be omitted if they are obvious; for |
| 22 | paragraphed and wrapped at a linewidth of 80 characters. |
24 | example, if you are only modifying the .ebuild file and committing a new rev |
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| 24 | Any details about what exactly changed in the code should be added as a |
25 | of a package. Any details about what exactly changed in the code should be |
| 25 | message when the changes are committed to cvs, not in this file. |
26 | added as a message when the changes are committed to cvs, not in this file. |