From 23dff5ed7d7ce2762b28889f1f9972a6612fdf1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:30:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Updated instructions for incurable literalists.
[SVN r28488]
---
updating_the_website.html | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/updating_the_website.html b/updating_the_website.html
index c502b89..95c0a1a 100755
--- a/updating_the_website.html
+++ b/updating_the_website.html
@@ -41,9 +41,15 @@
releases.</p>
<ul>
- <li>You should first make the change in our CVS repository, so it
- doesn't get lost or overwritten by the next person that updates the
- page between releases.</li>
+ <li>If the change you are making is intended to be part of a
+ release, you should first make the change in our CVS repository,
+ so it doesn't get lost or overwritten by the next person that
+ updates the page between releases. Of course if you don't check
+ in (say because the change is not supposed to be in the next
+ release), and someone else changes the page after you, the
+ change may be lost. This procedure does not account for that
+ case; you'll have to use your head and figure out what to
+ do.</li>
<li>
You will upload the file(s) by <code>scp</code>'ing to the