Re: [PATCH] gdb: gdb.1 - order options alphabetically in manual page

Daniel Jacobowitz
2009-09-10T01:32:05Z

On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 06:08:21PM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Unfortunately, I do not think that we can use your emacs assignment
> for GDB code. The problem is that I have no idea if it is OK to accept
> changes of this nature. Normally, the guidelines for accepting patches
> without an assignment on file is that it should be 10 lines or less.
> So your patch does not qualify. But on the other hand, it is the obvious
> implementation of the idea of ordering the switches by alphabetical
> order.
>
> Does anyone know? Should I enquire?

I'd say this was a non-copyrightable change, and thus acceptable.

http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html#Legally-Significant

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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