Re: Roll ChangeLog, update copyrights, but

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>]

MichaelC wrote:

> Andrew Cagney asks:
>
> > It occured to me though, can the (C) update be left until just before a 
> > branch and made part of the release process?  It might make everyones 
> > life easier (well ignoring the release manager :-).
>
> I am not a lawyer, just an engineer armchair lawyer wannabe.
>
> I think that the daily snapshots constitute publication of the work,
> especially since we give public notice of them on
> http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current.
Yes, that's good enough for me.

> Could you ARI the copyrights?  Something like: if the file has been
> modified since 2002-12-31, and the file has a "copyright" line in it,
> then "2003" must appear on the copyright line or the line after that.
Comming right up [...].  I've already a script that half does it.

DanielJ wrote:
> Thanks for handling the ChangeLog.  Why do you need to roll (C)
> notices?  I think I've committed most of the large patches of the
> year-to-date, and I check (C) in every file [unless I forget :)].  It's
> easier to just do it as we go along.
I've committed some massive changes but forgot the (C) notices (DavidC 
reminded me).  I need to update those.

Andrew