Joel E. Denny wrote: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Eric Blake wrote: ... >> According to Akim Demaille on 8/13/2009 1:59 AM: >> >> - Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software >> >> - Foundation, Inc. >> >> + Copyright (C) 89, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software >> >> Foundation, Inc. >> > >> > While at it, why not standardize everything to 4 digits (I don't think >> > we need to address the Y10k issues yet :), and to introduce intervals >> > where applicable? Is there some legal thingy that forbids it? It might >> > help making some lines smaller. >> >> Yes - see this post: >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2009-08/msg00184.html >> >> I'm not personally opposed to compressed years, but if you want the tool >> to output compressed years instead of longhand, it should be an option >> (and more importantly, we should also fix the tool to allow longhand years >> for maintainers that want longhand). > > Below are some patches to implement that. ... > +2009-08-14 Joel E. Denny <jde...@clemson.edu> > + > + update-copyright: convert 2-digit to 4-digit years > + * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document. > + * tests/test-update-copyright.sh: Update. ... > + update-copyright: much ado about intervals > + * build-aux/update-copyright: Implement and document > + UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS to control expansion and collapse > + of copyright year intervals. > + Also, document UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR. > + * tests/test-update-copyright.sh: Test it.
Thanks for all of that. Pushed.
