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743 </section> 743 </section>
744 744
745 <section><title>CVS comments</title> 745 <section><title>CVS comments</title>
746 <para>When adding CVS comments at commit time, you can use the following prefixes:
747 <variablelist>
748 <varlistentry><term>- comment</term>
749 <listitem>
750 <para>for a comment that can be removed from the Changelog</para>
751 </listitem>
752 </varlistentry>
753 <varlistentry><term>* comment</term>
754 <listitem>
755 <para>for an important amendment to be included into a features list</para>
756 </listitem>
757 </varlistentry>
758 </variablelist>
759 </para>
760 <para>If the change is due to a contribution, please quote the contributor's name 746 <para>If the change is due to a contribution, please quote the contributor's name
761 and, if applicable, add the SourceForge Tracker number. Don't forget to 747 and, if applicable, add the SourceForge Tracker number. Don't forget to
762update the THANKS.in file.</para> 748update the THANKS.in file.</para>
749 <para>If you have a change that is useful for noting in the next release, please
750 update the NEWS file.</para>
751 <para>All CVS commit comments will be written to a ChangeLog at release time.
752 </para>
763 </section> 753 </section>
764 754
765 <section id="translationsdevelopers"><title>Translations for developers</title> 755 <section id="translationsdevelopers"><title>Translations for developers</title>