Re: Releases and the 4.5 branch

[James Youngman]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:23 PM, Ilya Bobyr <address@hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for the reply.
>
> I will take a look at those bugs.

Thanks!

> AFAIU "bug #23065: -daystart measures from start of tomorrow - manual
> incorrect" is not blocking the release.
> That leaves "bug #45062: Enabling CACHE_IDS causes segfaults"

That one, I think, is fixed.

> and "bug #30526: No match with a file with modified n days ago in "-mtime"".
>
> Is there anything special I need to do regarding the copyright if I do the
> work on my own time?

There's an explanation of how the GNU project handles this at
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tree/doc/Copyright/conditions.text
- though please let me know if you still have questions that document
doesn't answer.

> Maybe there is a page with the copyright FAQ for the project?

Perhaps the closest thing is the guidance for maintainers at
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legal-Matters.html#Legal-Matters
and there is also some general information at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html.

Thanks,
James.