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extract some changelog principles into doc/HACKING

Nick Mathewson 10 years ago
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@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ interesting and understandable.
 
 
    Present and imperative tense: not past.
    Present and imperative tense: not past.
 
 
+   'Relays', not 'servers' or 'nodes' or 'Tor relays'.
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+   "Stop FOOing", not "Fix a bug where we would FOO".
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    Try not to let any given section be longer than about a page. Break up
    Try not to let any given section be longer than about a page. Break up
    long sections into subsections by some sort of common subtopic. This
    long sections into subsections by some sort of common subtopic. This
    guideline is especially important when organizing Release Notes for
    guideline is especially important when organizing Release Notes for