MAINT revision 133359 
1$Id: MAINT,v 1.5 2003/03/23 04:36:37 christos 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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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 FTP, then the "archie" server finds and publishes
22the hacked version, and people all over the world get copies of it.
23Within a day or two I am getting email from around the world
24asking me why "my" file command won't compile!!! Needless to say this
25detracts from the limited time I have available to work on the actual
26software.  Therefore I ask you again to please NOT distribute
27your changed version.
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30Thank you for your assistance and cooperation.
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32Christos Zoulas
33christos@astron.com
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