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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/HACKING b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/HACKING index 6ccd4f9f4b4..89f7399e0e0 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/HACKING +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/HACKING @@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ the code are appropriate for this, but not always)--patches should not be checked in unless there is some reason for them, and the description may be helpful if there is a better way to solve the problem. In addition to the ChangeLog entry, there should be a change -to the NEWS file and cvs.texinfo in the case of a user-visible change. +to the NEWS file and cvs.texinfo, if the change is a user-visible +change worth mentioning. It is nice to have a test case (see TESTS), especially for fixes which involve subtle behaviors or twisted sections of the code. @@ -162,3 +163,30 @@ even hinted at, really) until the feature freeze which is approximately 2 weeks before the final release (at this time test releases start appearing and are announced on info-cvs). This is intentional, to avoid a last minute rush to get new features in. + +* Mailing lists + +Anyone can add themselves to the following mailing lists: + + devel-cvs. Unless you are accepted as a CVS developer as + described in the DEVEL-CVS file, you will only be able to + read this list, not send to it. The charter of the list is + also in DEVEL-CVS. + commit-cvs. The only messages sent to this list are sent + automatically, via the CVS `loginfo' mechanism, when someone + checks something in to the master CVS repository. + test-results. The only messages sent to this list are sent + automatically, daily, by a script which runs "make check" + and "make remotecheck" on the master CVS sources. +To subscribe to devel-cvs, commit-cvs, or test-results, send +a message to "majordomo@cyclic.com" whose body consists of +"subscribe <list>", where <list> is devel-cvs, commit-cvs or +test-results. + +One other list related to CVS development is bug-cvs. This is the +list which users are requested to send bug reports to. Anyone can +subscribe; to do so send mail to bug-cvs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu. + +Other CVS discussions take place on the info-cvs mailing list +(send mail to info-cvs-request@prep.ai.mit.edu to subscribe) or on +the newsgroup comp.software.config-mgmt. |