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#
# patch "HACKING"
#  from [a2b7b94f93272c8441c87f3c35c1cd1cfc6fd4f0]
#    to [7c3e0d63c56fdfa54662ff237122e30d460440b6]
#
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--- HACKING	a2b7b94f93272c8441c87f3c35c1cd1cfc6fd4f0
+++ HACKING	7c3e0d63c56fdfa54662ff237122e30d460440b6
@@ -201,7 +201,16 @@ results_collector.hpp).
 theboost::unit_test::first_failed_assertion function (see
 results_collector.hpp).
 
+Documenting large, user visible or otherwise important changes
+--------------------------------------------------------------
 
+There are changes that are more than mere bug fixes.  Those should be
+documented briefly in the NEWS file.  Please follow the examples from
+earlier releases in that file.
+Please add the entries in NEWS as part of the change in question, or
+as soon after the change has been committed as possible.  That will
+save the release master a lot of hassle at the time of release.
+
 Single-character macros
 -----------------------