Opened 19 years ago

Closed 19 years ago

#3685 closed (fixed)

Better wording for docs/contributing.txt

Reported by: James Bennett Owned by: Jacob
Component: Documentation Version: dev
Severity: Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

The "please don't include your name" bit is a little confusing, so it'd be better to mention that we include contributors' names in the AUTHORS file, and encourage people to include a diff of that rather than putting their names in code.

Attachments (1)

contributing.diff​ (810 bytes ) - added by James Bennett 19 years ago.
Patch which rewords the bit about including your name

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Change History (3)

by James Bennett, 19 years ago

Attachment: contributing.diff​ added

Patch which rewords the bit about including your name

comment:1 by James Bennett, 19 years ago

Has patch: set
Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Ready for checkin

comment:2 by Malcolm Tredinnick, 19 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

(In [4689]) Fixed #3685 -- Added note about keeping contributors' names in AUTHORS. Thanks,
James Bennett.

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