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bug#29069: info coreutils file permissions: improvements/bug-report


From: kalle
Subject: bug#29069: info coreutils file permissions: improvements/bug-report
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 22:25:22 +0100
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Am 16.12.2017 um 22:14 schrieb Assaf Gordon:
> Hello,
> 
> On 2017-12-16 01:52 PM, kalle wrote:
>> did you plan to respond my mail?
> 
> Please remember GNU coreutils is maintained by volunteers.
> We aim for best effort in incorporating improvement suggestions
> from contributors, but there is no "dead line" for such things.
> 
> You wrote many good suggestions and text improvements.
> 
> If you'd like to see them through, the best way is to
> offer a patch suitable for inclusion.
> For instructions on how to send such patch, please see
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/HACKING
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/README-hacking

I made a patch for chapter 27.3 (Numeric modes) in texinfo coreutils. it
is attached to this mail.
> 
> As your contribution is significant (more than 10 lines),
> it'll also require copyright assignment (see
> https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html ).

I hereby assign the copyright on the attached text to the FSF.

Is that enough?

> 
> If you prefer not to spend time on making such a patch, that is of
> course completely fine. In that case, this will have to wait until
> one of the maintainers (or another volunteer) decides to
> spend the time required to incorporate these improvements.
> 
> Also,
> It is best to keep these communications public by sending emails to the
> mailing list, even if it is a simple question of "what's the status?" or
> "any progress?".
> 
> 
> 
> regards,
>  - assaf

greetings,
kalle

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