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Re: Fix ctan, ctanh overflow (bug 11521)


On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Joseph S. Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>
>> It seems you're changing the complete file. Shouldn't the line "Contributed
>> by..." get removed?
>
> I'm not changing the code for special cases (infinities / NaNs). ?But I'd
> be happy to abandon the use of "Contributed by" lines in individual source
> files altogether (stop putting them in new files, and maybe globally
> remove them from existing files at least in the FSF-copyright cases) - as
> files get modified by many people over time, and in some cases copied for
> other targets, they become less and less accurate, and the version control
> system, ChangeLogs and "Implemented by" / "Contributed by" lines in NEWS
> for new features all serve to document the original authors of features
> (for ones with implementations originating for glibc rather than copied
> from elsewhere, anyway).

I agree with your general principles here.

I don't think we should have "Contributed by" lines on any source files.

I *do* think we should have more NEWS entries when someone adds
something new and we name them there.

Cheers,
Carlos.


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