From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Commit netiquette. Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:06:49 -0500 Message-ID: <87tytckvxy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87eikjzaug.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1266664201 22477 80.91.229.12 (20 Feb 2010 11:10:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:10:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ofv@wanadoo.es, lekktu@gmail.com, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 20 12:09:58 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NinDh-0002ws-ML for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:09:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45400 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NinDg-0008A9-Fk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:09:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NinBF-0006xC-8r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:07:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55898 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NinBC-0006s1-AI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:07:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NinAk-00005n-R8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:06:57 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po33.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.94]:48237) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NinAk-00005i-NV; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:06:54 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (adsl-99-96-75-7.dsl.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net [99.96.75.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po33.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o1KB6nD0007885 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:06:50 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BE3C8C05D; Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:06:49 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:17:48 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:121243 Archived-At: "Alfred M. Szmidt" writes: > ---------------- > Author: > Summary: > > blablabla > ---------------- > > where is the text taken from the ChangeLog. Then for > backends which support the notion of summary-line, C-c C-c could > just signal an error if the Summary line is still blank. > > That seems overly forceful, emacs is not just by emacs developers, it > is used by an immense number of people. I don't think it should issue an error, but it should prompt the user. This is similar to how message-mode prompts if you mess up the mail headers, like having a bogus email address in the To: header.