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: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8644 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#8644: font-locking of multi-author changelog entries
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 22:31:02 +0200

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 22:17, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> I never really understood the need for these entries.  How can two or
> more people write some piece of code?

You just denied the XP practice of "pair programming"... :-)

> Ideas cannot be copyrighted, so
> only the one who wrote the final version should be named, the rest can
> be attributed as "suggested by" or whatever.

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.

    Juanma
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