Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:21:08 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 style.9 Message-ID: <200501051521.08617.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200501051916.j05JG1iH029185@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200501051916.j05JG1iH029185@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday 05 January 2005 02:16 pm, Warner Losh wrote: > imp 2005-01-05 19:16:01 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > share/man/man9 style.9 > Log: > A large majority of the source files in the tree start their license > and copyright statements in a comment that begins with /*-. Document > this tradition. A strict adherence to this rule will help resellers > that wish to publish all copyright notices, generated automatically > from the tree. There are too many variant licenses to do it purely > by more complicated pattern matching. I thought the reason for the - is that it prevented indent(1) from trying to reindent that comment block and thus there might be comment blocks with a leading '/*-' that aren't copyrights. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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