From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12718 invoked by alias); 6 Jan 2013 21:53:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 12702 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Jan 2013 21:53:48 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_SPAMHAUS_DROP,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-wg0-f45.google.com (HELO mail-wg0-f45.google.com) (74.125.82.45) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:53:42 +0000 Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id dq12so9340895wgb.24 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:53:41 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.180.107.129 with SMTP id hc1mr6333523wib.34.1357509221697; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:53:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2.26.203.77]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bz12sm10396552wib.5.2013.01.06.13.53.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:53:40 -0800 (PST) From: Richard Sandiford To: Mike Stump Mail-Followup-To: Mike Stump ,Jakub Jelinek , Andrew Pinski , gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, rdsandiford@googlemail.com Cc: Jakub Jelinek , Andrew Pinski , gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: [committed] 2011 and 2012 Copyright year updates References: <20130104125437.GN7269@tucnak.redhat.com> <20130104164845.GP7269@tucnak.redhat.com> <87ip7a5x1v.fsf@talisman.default> <5062A1B1-87A9-4C06-865D-E3FF0F6FA861@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:53:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <5062A1B1-87A9-4C06-865D-E3FF0F6FA861@comcast.net> (Mike Stump's message of "Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:24:52 -0800") Message-ID: <874niu5671.fsf@talisman.default> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2013-01/txt/msg00274.txt.bz2 Mike Stump writes: > On Jan 6, 2013, at 4:13 AM, Richard Sandiford > wrote: >> Anyway, here's my attempt a script to convert to ranges and, if enabled, >> to include the current year. > > I don't think we should update to the current year. It just seems easier than having to remember to update the copyright whenever you change a file. The GNU guidelines seem to actively encourage it now. >> The script only updates FSF copyright notices >> and leaves others alone. I've tried my best to make sure that licences >> and imported FSF sources aren't touched, but I could have missed some ca= ses. > > I've audited the change=E2=80=A6 I noticed an inconsistent use of: > > Copyright (c) 2010 > Copyright 1992 > Copyright (C) 2010 > > but that is pre-existing. Also, I noticed a 90-2007, which should > canonicalized to 1990-2007, but that is also pre-existing. Thanks, I updated my local copy to handle both of these. Richard