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1.2     ! deraadt     1: $OpenBSD: MAINT,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:45:08 deraadt Exp $
1.1       deraadt     2:
                      3: Maintenance notes:
                      4:
                      5: I am continuing to maintain the file command. I welcome your help,
                      6: but to make my life easier I'd like to request the following:
                      7:
                      8: - Don't change the version numbers!
                      9:
                     10: If your changes are extensive, I will have to work hard to
                     11: integrate them into my version.  If you check it into SCCS locally,
                     12: the version numbers will likely be kept. IF you check it into RCS
                     13: or CVS locally, please use -k to keep the version numbers, and
                     14: please use branch deltas (1.21.1, 1.21.2, ...).  If you don't do
                     15: this, I will likely be unable to use your changes; life's just too
                     16: short.
                     17:
                     18: - Do not distribute changed versions.
                     19:
                     20: People trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions
                     21: of the file command for FTP, then the "archie" server finds and publishes
                     22: the hacked version, and people all over the world get copies of it.
                     23: Within a day or two I am getting email from around the world
                     24: asking me why "my" file command won't compile!!! Needless to say this
                     25: detracts from the limited time I have available to work on the actual
                     26: software.  Therefore I ask you again to please NOT distribute
                     27: your changed version.
                     28:
                     29:
                     30: Thank you for your assistance and cooperation.
                     31:
                     32: Mark Moraes            Christos Zoulas
                     33: moraes@deshaw.com      christos@deshaw.com