> you forgot the to disable removing newline before "^T*":

I didn't even care.

 > 	fix bug #[ 1607416 ]: back_trace is not initialized when it is a register
 > 	* spvw.d (back_trace): do not init to NULL at the declaration, instead...
 > 	(init_memory): init back_trace to NULL here
 >
 > M-q ===>
 >
 > 	fix bug #[ 1607416 ]: back_trace is not initialized when it is a
 > 	register * spvw.d (back_trace): do not init to NULL at the
 > 	declaration, instead...
 > 	(init_memory): init back_trace to NULL here
 >
 > (note "* spvw.d" in the middle of a line).

This is a different issue.  Please look at the attached patch and tell
me whether it works and/or breaks anything else.

 > also, when the function (or file) list is too long, M-q should preserve
 > the standard ChangeLog formatting:
 >
 > 	* foo (bar, baz, zot): quux
 >
 > ===>
 >
 > 	* foo (bar, baz)
 > 	(zot); quux
 >
 > instead of
 >
 > 	* foo (bar, baz,
 > 	zot); quux
 >
 > (for the sake of font-lock which can fontify the former but not the latter)

I could make ", " non-breakable but that wouldn't help much.  Has this
or a similar problem already been resolved somewhere else?  We'd need a
similar solution for `change-log-indent'.