From cbd52d16ff77dc51a9c04446d967cd551381a774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 15:49:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] * admin/notes/changelogs: Mention `quoting'. --- admin/notes/changelogs | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin/notes/changelogs b/admin/notes/changelogs index 1025cfc217f..fb4e2ada31e 100644 --- a/admin/notes/changelogs +++ b/admin/notes/changelogs @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +Emacs generally follows the GNU coding standards when it comes to ChangeLogs: +http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html + +One exception is that we still quote `like-this' (as the standards +used to recommend) rather than 'like-this' (as they do now), +because `...' is so widely used elsewhere in Emacs. +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-05/msg00514.html + + If installing changes written by someone else, make the ChangeLog entry in their name, not yours. -- 2.39.2