GNU bug report logs - #8644
font-locking of multi-author changelog entries

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:40:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, lekktu <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#8644: font-locking of multi-author changelog entries
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 12:20:09 -0400

    > That depends on how much was done by the other people. Sometimes the
    > one who didn't code a line did all design decisions. "Suggested by"
    > does not cover it IMHO.

    Design is still ideas.  We could use "design ideas suggested by..." or
    anything else.

If the design ideas are at the level of details of writing the code,
they could be part of what copyright covers.  That legal distinction
is not at a sharp place.

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