From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: TINYCHANGE cookie Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 12:56:35 +0100 Message-ID: <20121208115635.GB12197@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> References: <87hanxe5kx.fsf@adboyd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37051) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ThJ1O-0001J3-Tv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:56:44 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ThJ1N-0000xM-SL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:56:42 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:55202) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ThJ1N-0000xH-Le for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:56:41 -0500 Received: by mail-ee0-f41.google.com with SMTP id d41so832579eek.0 for ; Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:56:40 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87hanxe5kx.fsf@adboyd.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 07:43:42PM -0500, J. David Boyd wrote: > > What is a TINYCHANGE cookie? I see it alluded to in many messages about > patches for the Org code base, but googling it has left me with no > information. > If you submit a patch, and it adds less than 20 lines (or is mostly a rewrite of some form) then you add that in the commit message so that the patch can be accepted without you needing to sign the FSF copyright release papers. Of course if you have signed the papers, then you need not be concerned about it. HTH -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.