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| author | Sami Kerola | 2012-10-23 21:14:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola | 2012-11-25 23:50:57 +0100 |
| commit | 820f4c4aea3af9d652cb0988d15689cf4c11476d (patch) | |
| tree | dd6d9ad48500559a50d55d4c0a5723a581ed7c5e /Documentation/howto-contribute.txt | |
| parent | lscpu: remove unnecessary variable (diff) | |
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docs: mention Open Group requirements
Commands cal col ipcrm ipcs kill line logger mesg more newgrp pg renice
has Open Group requirements. Contributors need to be aware of them.
Reviewed-by: Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org>
Reviewed-by: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ángel González <ingenit@zoho.com>
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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diff --git a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt index 5df6389ab..b66820ea5 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt @@ -117,6 +117,35 @@ Various notes multiple lines. In case the shorthand does not look good on one line use normal "if () else" syntax. +Standards compliancy + + Some of the commands maintained in this package have Open Group + requirements. These commands are; + + cal + col + ipcrm + ipcs + kill + line + logger + mesg + more + newgrp + pg + renice + + If you change these tools please make sure a change does not + conflict with the latest standard. For example it is + recommendable not to add short command line options before they + are part of standard. Introducing new long options is + acceptable. + + The Single UNIX(TM) Specification, Version 2 + Copyright (C) 1997 The Open Group + + http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcuix.html + IRC channel * We have a new #util-linux IRC channel at freenode.net. |