From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CEDET Merge Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:37:02 +0200 Message-ID: <83fukc5kfl.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87r348ul9n.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgugm2qg.fsf@gmail.com> <87inpelu8i.fsf@gmail.com> <837f5uajlk.fsf@gnu.org> <87a8aqlqz8.fsf@gmail.com> <8360leahxr.fsf@gnu.org> <8760lelq68.fsf@gmail.com> <83wpdt8yo2.fsf@gnu.org> <87inpd650y.fsf@gmail.com> <8660ldabje.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <8737gh5sqw.fsf@gmail.com> <87k29tv0r4.fsf@engster.org> <8737gguipm.fsf@engster.org> <87h94vdj3n.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9z2sog1.fsf@engster.org> <87vataadkk.fsf@red-bean.com> <87k29ps7ai.fsf@engster.org> <83vat862p9.fsf@gnu.org> <8my3y4xo49.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1485023871 28674 195.159.176.226 (21 Jan 2017 18:37:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 18:37:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kfogel@red-bean.com, edward.steere@gmail.com, stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, deng@randomsample.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 21 19:37:46 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cV0Xp-00074N-Cd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 19:37:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32919 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cV0Xu-0006pg-1v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:37:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37306) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cV0XJ-0006pQ-Qn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:37:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cV0XG-0001Ks-MI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:37:13 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:33822) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cV0XG-0001Ko-JE; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:37:10 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3300 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cV0XF-0006z7-7q; Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:37:09 -0500 In-reply-to: <8my3y4xo49.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Glenn Morris on Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:29:58 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:211475 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: David Engster , kfogel@red-bean.com, edward.steere@gmail.com, stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:29:58 -0500 > > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > >> I always followed the general rule that the generated ChangeLogs > >> should have the date when the change enters the Emacs repository > > > > Indeed, that is our rule. > > That was the rule when ChangeLogs were hand-written, but since the > switch to generated ChangeLogs it does not (and cannot) apply. > Git does not record that date. Git obviously does record the commit date, so there's no problem with that rule. > I suggest anyone working on a CEDET merge simply ignore such issues. I suggest they don't.