From: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:14:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: docs: mention Open Group requirements
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docs: mention Open Group requirements

Commands cal col ipcrm ipcs kill line logger mesg more newgrp pg renice
has Open Group requirements.  Contributors need to be aware of them.

Reviewed-by: Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org>
Reviewed-by: Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ángel González <ingenit@zoho.com>
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
---

diff --git a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt
index 5df6389abf..b66820ea5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto-contribute.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,35 @@ Various notes
 	  multiple lines. In case the shorthand does not look good on one
 	  line use normal "if () else" syntax.
 
+Standards compliancy
+
+	Some of the commands maintained in this package have Open Group
+	requirements. These commands are;
+
+		cal
+		col
+		ipcrm
+		ipcs
+		kill
+		line
+		logger
+		mesg
+		more
+		newgrp
+		pg
+		renice
+
+	If you change these tools please make sure a change does not
+	conflict with the latest standard.  For example it is
+	recommendable not to add short command line options before they
+	are part of standard.  Introducing new long options is
+	acceptable.
+
+		The Single UNIX(TM) Specification, Version 2
+		Copyright (C) 1997 The Open Group
+
+		http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xcuix.html
+
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