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1 | $Id: MAINT,v 1.2 1993/09/23 21:47:01 christos Exp $ |
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3 | Maintenance notes: | |
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5 | I am continuing to maintain the file command. I welcome your help, | |
6 | but 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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10 | If your changes are extensive, I will have to work hard to | |
11 | integrate them into my version. If you check it into SCCS locally, | |
12 | the version numbers will likely be kept. IF you check it into RCS | |
13 | or CVS locally, please use -k to keep the version numbers, and | |
14 | please use branch deltas (1.21.1, 1.21.2, ...). If you don't do | |
15 | this, I will likely be unable to use your changes; life's just too | |
16 | short. | |
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18 | - Do not distribute changed versions. | |
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20 | People trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions | |
21 | of the file command for FTP, then the "archie" server finds and publishes | |
22 | the hacked version, and people all over the world get copies of it. | |
23 | Within a day or two I am getting email from around the world | |
24 | asking me why "my" file command won't compile!!! Needless to say this | |
25 | detracts from the limited time I have available to work on the actual | |
26 | software. Therefore I ask you again to please NOT distribute | |
27 | your changed version. | |
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30 | Thank you for your assistance and cooperation. | |
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32 | Mark Moraes Christos Zoulas | |
33 | moraes@deshaw.com christos@deshaw.com |