the Subversion log more useful as a ChangeLog. For example,
docs/policies.txt: added policy about commit message
-Increment the version number in ./configure on the first commit after a release
-as well as just prior to a new release. This way we can track if someone is
-using an unreleased version from the source code repository.
+Increment the version number in ./configure AND mlt.h on the first commit after
+a release as well as just prior to a new release. This way we can track if
+someone is using an unreleased version from the source code repository.
+
+Do not write messages to stdout. stdout is reserved for writing streams that
+can be redirected: e.g. raw DV in consumer_libdv. I recommended to use the
+mlt_log API. For something quick and dirty, use stderr.
+
Procedures
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