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authorStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2012-04-30 21:17:06 +0200
committerStefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>2012-04-30 21:17:06 +0200
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hacking: copyright notices must be updated before releasing
* HACKING (Release procedure): Suggest to use "make update-copyright". Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
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running "make fetch". In case any file in the automake repository
has been updated, commit and re-run the testsuite.
+* Ensure that the copyright notices of the distributed files is up to
+ date. The maintainer-only target "update-copyright" can help with
+ this.
+
* Update NEWS.
* Update the version number in configure.ac.