From 820f4c4aea3af9d652cb0988d15689cf4c11476d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sami Kerola Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:14:53 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: mention Open Group requirements MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Reviewed-by: Bruce Dubbs Reviewed-by: Ángel González Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola --- Documentation/howto-contribute.txt | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) 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 + IRC channel * We have a new #util-linux IRC channel at freenode.net. -- 2.47.3