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175a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brien$Id: MAINT,v 1.4 2000/04/11 02:43:51 christos Exp $
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375a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienMaintenance notes:
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575a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienI am continuing to maintain the file command. I welcome your help,
675a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienbut to make my life easier I'd like to request the following:
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875a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brien- Don't change the version numbers!
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1075a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienIf your changes are extensive, I will have to work hard to
1175a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienintegrate them into my version.  If you check it into SCCS locally,
1275a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienthe version numbers will likely be kept. IF you check it into RCS
1375a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienor CVS locally, please use -k to keep the version numbers, and
1475a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienplease use branch deltas (1.21.1, 1.21.2, ...).  If you don't do
1575a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienthis, I will likely be unable to use your changes; life's just too
1675a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienshort.
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1875a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brien- Do not distribute changed versions.
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2075a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienPeople trying to be helpful occasionally put up their hacked versions
2175a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienof the file command for FTP, then the "archie" server finds and publishes
2275a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienthe hacked version, and people all over the world get copies of it.
2375a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienWithin a day or two I am getting email from around the world
2475a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienasking me why "my" file command won't compile!!! Needless to say this
2575a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Briendetracts from the limited time I have available to work on the actual
2675a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Briensoftware.  Therefore I ask you again to please NOT distribute
2775a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienyour changed version.
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3075a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienThank you for your assistance and cooperation.
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3275a6cdb3SDavid E. O'BrienChristos Zoulas
3375a6cdb3SDavid E. O'Brienchristos@astron.com
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