-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- another hint for those coming from the realm of lotus notes: please trim the message to which you're replying so that only the parts specifically relevant are included. who wrote them should also be included. if large amounts of text are removed sometimes an indication is given somehow, such as being replaced with a line like
[snippage] this makes it clear that you're aware that there's context, and are trying to address a specific item within its framework rather than in isolation. for example, the entire previous exchange included in the last message could have been trimmed to: - --------------- John McNally wrote: > > The two sentences would appear to have little to do with each other. If > the last sentence has any place in that section I think it would be more > appropriate within the first paragraph. Location aside, does that mean that before submitting a change from a contributor, a committer should verify that the contributor has a CLA on file? If so, how would I do that? Thanks Kathey - --------------- sometimes quoting the entire message is appropriate, but usually not. a reasonable rule of thumb is that the quoted port *shouldn't* be much larger than the text you're adding. it's just a guideline/sanity check, though. - -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBQUGFdJrNPMCpn3XdAQE2NQQApakAAcwHzZrn6GREkSTYsn88HbjPElUO KOoux1+wbknQhSePZQo8UqK97g5RiePx3uIVDxIfm53MEcXhBMevPZv4w7UcFICY UbuNRvdhKR5uJlcWy+42vKPDbTGoFfOIZoOuQmEvW6Q46hc3mFQ8TWs4XAdjho3v bredVllv5+o= =cqIM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
