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aecattr(5)		      File Formats Manual		    aecattr(5)

NAME
	aecattr	- aegis	change attributes file

DESCRIPTION
	A change attributes file is used to describe the modifiable portion of
	a change.

CONTENTS
	A change attributes file contains the following	fields:

	description = string;
		This field contains a detailed description of the change.

	brief_description = string;
		This field contains a brief description	of the change.

	cause =	( ... );
		This field describes the cause which motivated the change.

		external_bug
			The change was created in response to a	bug report
			from outside the development team.  This repairs ex-
			isting functionality.

		external_enhancement
			The change was created in response to an enhancement
			request	from outside the development team.  This adds
			new functionality.

		external_improvement
			The change was created in response to an improvement
			request	from outside the development team.  This im-
			proves existing	functionality.

		internal_bug
			The change was created in response to a	bug report
			from inside the	development team.  This	repairs	exist-
			ing functionality.

		internal_enhancement
			The change was created in response to an enhancement
			request	from inside the	development team.  This	adds
			new functionality.

		internal_improvement
			The change was created in response to an improvement
			request	from inside the	development team.  This	im-
			proves existing	functionality.

		chain
			This cause is where you	have a fix to fix a fix;
			tracking these is an interesting quality metric.

	test_exempt = boolean;
		This field is true if it is not	necessary to test the change.
		It is, in general, desirable to	test all changes, whether new
		functionality or a bug fix.  This is, however, a project man-
		agement	issue.

	test_baseline_exempt = boolean;
		This field is true if it is not	necessary to test the change
		against	the baseline before it is changed.  The	test of	the
		baseline is required to	fail; this is to establish that	the
		test has isolated the bug, and that the	change has fixed that
		isolated bug.

	regression_test_exempt = boolean;
		This field is true if it is not	necessary to perform a full
		regression test	on the change.	If absent, defaults to true
		for all	causes except improvements.

	architecture = [ string	];
		This field is a	list of	names of system	and machine architec-
		tures on which the change must successfully build and test.

	copyright_years	= [ integer ];
		This field details the years in	which the change was worked
		on.  This field	is present in trunk, branch and	leaf nodes.

		As a change is edited, years in	which the change was worked on
		accumulate in this field automatically.	 Branches accumulate
		years as integrations occur.  You may need to manually edit
		this, though it	should be rare.

	version_previous = string;
		This field records the "previous" version, mostly to simplify
		patch generation.  It is only meaningful for trunks and
		branches.  It is set automatically when	a branch is started or
		integrated.

	attribute = [ {	... } ];
		This is	a list of (name,value) pairs, defining user specified
		attributes.

		name = string;
			The name of the	attribute.  By convention, names which
			start with an upper-case letter	will appear in list-
			ings, and lower-case will not.	Attribute names	are
			case-insensitive.

		value =	string;
			The value of the attribute.

		Arguably, most change attributes which may be altered by the
		user (and some that can't) should be of	this form.  Due	to an
		accident of history, this is not the case.

SEE ALSO
	aenc(1)	create a new change

	aeca(1)	modify the attributes of a change

	aegis(5)
		aegis file format syntax

	aecstate(5)
		change state file format

	aepattr(5)
		project	attributes file	format

COPYRIGHT
	aegis version 4.25.D510
	Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993,	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,	1998, 1999,
	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,	2008, 2009, 2010,
	2011, 2012 Peter Miller

	The aegis program comes	with ABSOLUTELY	NO WARRANTY; for details use
	the 'aegis -VERSion License' command.  This is free software and you
	are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details
	use the	'aegis -VERSion	License' command.

AUTHOR
	Peter Miller   E-Mail:	 pmiller@opensource.org.au
	/\/\*		  WWW:	 http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/

Reference Manual		     Aegis			    aecattr(5)

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