1$Id: MAINT,v 1.7 2006/06/01 18:19:41 ian Exp $
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3Maintenance notes:
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5I am continuing to maintain the file command. I welcome your help,
6but to make my life easier I'd like to request the following:
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3Maintenance notes:
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5I am continuing to maintain the file command. I welcome your help,
6but to make my life easier I'd like to request the following:
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8- Don't change the version numbers!
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10If your changes are extensive, I will have to work hard to
11integrate them into my version. If you check it into SCCS locally,
12the version numbers will likely be kept. IF you check it into RCS
13or CVS locally, please use -k to keep the version numbers, and
14please use branch deltas (1.21.1, 1.21.2, ...). If you don't do
15this, I will likely be unable to use your changes; life's just too
16short.
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18- Do not distribute changed versions.
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20People trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions
21of the file command for anonymous FTP, and people all over the
22world get copies of the hacked versions. Within a day or two I am
23getting email from around the world asking me why "my" file command
24won't compile!!! Needless to say this detracts from the limited
25time I have available to work on the actual software. Therefore I
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10People trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions
11of the file command for anonymous FTP, and people all over the
12world get copies of the hacked versions. Within a day or two I am
13getting email from around the world asking me why "my" file command
14won't compile!!! Needless to say this detracts from the limited
15time I have available to work on the actual software. Therefore I
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