From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Absentee log entry and Git question Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 12:43:33 +0300 Message-ID: <864jb7722i.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87edab30yq.fsf.ref@yahoo.com> <87edab30yq.fsf@yahoo.com> <871q6b2yru.fsf@yahoo.com> <87ikzn4d6q.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <87ttj71jjr.fsf@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34057"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, gerd.moellmann@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 09 11:44:41 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s50KP-0008dt-3T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 09 May 2024 11:44:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s50Jc-0002ru-JE; Thu, 09 May 2024 05:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s50JX-0002pZ-GX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2024 05:43:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s50JW-0006jW-Og; Thu, 09 May 2024 05:43:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=xCnofA7Xdzxkg0c/zJSB6rx24VfULfTyv3CommBZyFo=; b=OhKdIyqpeXIp9oIiAJZg CzsMAXEkSR7g3WfHo3ksGVozBMgyoDqxv1w1UOFIZHNJnIwSw3AUtSfAzriS5ZIEX1G9Lpb3CQSgY XmEBaLTi2pLjRJGRxE7NfSGOWrpz9GxYmDFVgXvICzqT52bhnPBFkOL2S/Fm/vSKchXB6p+ErOi4t aVF070N9wrvQzpOHjkHFtrVJs4wGRo5iifiCSjNVMeVcuLf+ng3+f39AtUtkrLXoDPEzBiJ97Js9I 3hqDtf8rUCt9jvxikyFcLxsuexL+xf2qxWBq7SCqXS2Jqn6xiEUXl2HdVinbVEtiWX6zrDbRi71nu SnYsubGhX97IFA==; In-Reply-To: <87ttj71jjr.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Thu, 09 May 2024 16:22:32 +0800) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:319059 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: Gerd Möllmann , > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 16:22:32 +0800 > > Andreas Schwab writes: > > > No. > > Alright, so how should this error be corrected in the VC log and > generated ChangeLog files? It would be dreadfully simple to forget when > that time eventually comes. The VC log is carved in stone with Git, so it cannot be corrected. We _can_ correct that in the generated ChangeLog file, though. To this end, one needs to generate ChangeLog.4, then edit it, and then commit the fixed version. This can be done now, or it can be deferred until the first pretest tarball is made for the next version.