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Re: [PATCH v4] timezone: add a configure flag to disable program install
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:02:09 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] timezone: add a configure flag to disable program install
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I think a new configure option like this should have a NEWS entry. In
general, people making changes should consider if they go beyond routine
bug fixes and cleanups, and add NEWS entries if appropriate - such as for
new functions, new configure options, new options to installed programs,
new optimized function versions, new ports, withdrawn APIs. (The release
manager *also* needs to check for such changes during the freeze to catch
cases the contributors missed at the time - item 6.3 at
<https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release>.)
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com