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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:49:08 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, jeff@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r187580 - head/tools/sched
Message-ID:  <20090126174908.GF87007@dragon.NUXI.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090126.102749.-1017604081.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org> <20090122.104114.1927899760.imp@bsdimp.com> <20090126083518.GB87007@dragon.NUXI.org> <20090126.102749.-1017604081.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 10:27:49AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20090126083518.GB87007@dragon.NUXI.org>
>             "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:41:14AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > In message: <200901220621.n0M6LU5v002745@svn.freebsd.org>
> : >             Jeff Roberson <jeff@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : > : Log:
> : > :    - Update my copyright.
> : > : +# Copyright (c) 2002-2003, 2009, Jeffrey Roberson <jeff@freebsd.org>
> : > 
> : > Stylistically, this should be 2002-2009.  We don't need to list each
> : > and every year, so the project's policy is to list the earliest and
> : > the latest year.
> : 
> : There is debate on this.  GCC/Bintuils/GDB require years to be
> : specifically listed in which changes occur.  Generally this means
> : discrete years, but I believe "2002-2003, 2009" maybe accepted also.
> : The listed years should not imply changes happened in years there was no
> : change, which 2002-2009 would imply.
> : This is also what the lawyers at work require.
> 
> Right.  But this is the FreeBSD project, and we, as a project, have
> determined that ranges are sufficient.  There's no debate within the
> project about policy.  Of course, other projects do other things.

Right, but for The FreeBSD Project are ranges sufficient or necessary?
You didn't seem happy with Jeff's text, so it almost sounds like you're
saying its necessary.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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