[Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: always point to the correct license file
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Sun Jun 17 15:52:42 UTC 2018
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
> The manual is GPL-2, and points to the COPYING file in the repository.
> When we do a rendering of the manual for a specific version, that URL
> is currently always poitning to the latest version of the COPYING file.
> If we ever have to change the content of that file (e.g. to add a new
> exception, more clarifications, a license change, or whatever), then
> an old manual would point to that newer version, which would then be
> incorrect.
> Include the sha1 of the commit in the URL, so that the manual always
> point to the tree at the time the manual was rendered, not the time
> it is consulted. Contrary to the informative text above, use the full
> sha1, not the shortened one.
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com>
> Cc: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
Committed to 2018.02.x, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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