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<para>You should use /* */ for comments and not // as some compilers
do not handle the latter form</para>
</section>
+
+ <section><title>CVS comments</title>
+ <para>When adding CVS comments at commit time, you can use the following prefixes:
+ <unorderedlist>
+ <listitem>"-" for a comment that can be removed from the Changelog</listitem>
+ <listitem>"*" for an important amendment to be included into a features list
+ </unorderedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
<section id="SubmittingChanges"><title>New submissions and patches</title>