COMMIT_NOTES: notice to check for soversion bumps

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
wertarbyte · Jun 26, 2009 · add2457 · add2457
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@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@ A quick list of rules for committing stuff into netfilter git:
 
 - If you touch any parts of libxtables (xtables.c, include/xtables.h.in),
   make sure the so-version is updated _appropriately_ (i.e. read the
-  libtool manual about Versioning:: first if need be) in configure.ac.
+  libtool manual about Versioning:: first, if need be) in configure.ac.
   Adding fields to a struct always entails a vcurrent bump.
+
+  - Check, whether a bump (vcurrent,vage) has already been made since the
+    last release (no more than one per release), e.g.:
+            git log v1.4.4.. configure.ac