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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/5] Add some missing Documentation/*/00-INDEX files
Jesper Juhl wrote:
> On 12/08/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>> Isn't it with 00-INDEX just like with the "Last Updated:" footers in
>> documentation texts?
>>
> That is certainly a risk, yes. But it shouldn't be hard to write a
> small script to check if the 00-INDEX files are up-to-date, that will
> make it pretty simple to update them once in a while if people forget.

Or use the first line of each text file to describe what the file is about.

And BTW, if authors insist on "Last Updated:", make it a header rather
than a footer. Increases the chance that submitters remember to update it.
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Stefan Richter
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