From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: No "From so-and-so" in ChangeLog
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:56:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv3bxics8u.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ClJsv-0001TZ-SS@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:32:01 -0500")
> Please do not *ever* write "From so-and-so" in a change log entry. If
> someone else wrote the code you are installing, *always* put his name
> in the header line of the change.
> If the person did NOT write the code you are installing, then don't
> ever put something in ChangeLog which could give people the idea that
> he did! If you want to mention who suggested an idea, or who reported
> a bug, always say explicitly "idea suggested by" or "bug reported by"
> so that there is no doubt ten years in the future.
Shouldn't we then change changelog-mode's font-lock rules?
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-03 17:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-03 4:32 No "From so-and-so" in ChangeLog Richard Stallman
2005-01-03 17:56 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2005-01-04 3:36 ` Richard Stallman
2005-01-04 14:28 ` Stefan
2005-01-04 19:54 ` Richard Stallman
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