From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12946: 23.2; log-edit-insert-changelog not inserting a description line from ChangeLog file Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:30:50 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1353436332 30386 80.91.229.3 (20 Nov 2012 18:32:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 12946@debbugs.gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 20 19:32:22 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TascN-0007HV-BV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43653 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TascD-0003U3-1W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:32:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tasc2-0003Kk-54 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:32:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tasbw-00067n-CP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:31:58 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47009) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tasbw-00067i-9C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:31:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tasd4-0008Nq-Ex for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:33:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12946 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12946-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12946.135343632832132 (code B ref 12946); Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12946) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Nov 2012 18:32:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57253 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TascC-0008MD-9A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:32:08 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:48936) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tasc8-0008M0-Vm for 12946@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:32:06 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tasax-0001jO-CC; Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:30:51 -0500 X-Spook: Guantanamo Ruby Ridge unclassified global Ermes X-Ran: FZ[YQ&2QQ~YK6T/z}n(nnSmI#)2Q:p~}BX5#<%ZKu:(Oqk-pVwpoP9Ci7An`1T7knY^m@< X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:06:03 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:67229 Archived-At: Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > 2012-11-16 Alfred M. Szmidt > > This is a deccription line. > > * random-file: New file. If you don't use a blank line between the two, you get This is a description line. * random-file: New file. in the log buffer, which seems fine to me. You can easily kill all but the first line if you don't want it. http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Style-of-Change-Logs.html#Style-of-Change-Logs says not to put blank lines between related entries (essentially, IMO). (Maybe it should be updated for the practise of adding a leading summary.) > * random-file: New file. > > What would be useful is that you got the description line inserted > instead, with nothing following it. This is common practise when > working with various distributed version control systems where the > commit entry only contains a brief description of the change, and the > ChangeLog contains the detailed information. Really? I got the impression the trend was to generate ChangeLogs from commit logs.