From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: No "From so-and-so" in ChangeLog Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:56:25 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104775151 18169 80.91.229.6 (3 Jan 2005 17:59:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 17:59:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 03 18:59:01 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ClWTs-0001sS-00 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 18:59:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClWf2-0005yu-Pz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:10:32 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClWeR-0005mp-79 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:09:55 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClWeP-0005mM-Si for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:09:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClWeP-0005lu-Io for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:09:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ClWRc-0003jt-Vo; Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:56:41 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC70B8282AB; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:56:40 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2844AC104; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:56:25 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3E6868CA69; Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:56:25 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:32:01 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.647, requis 5, AWL 0.25, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:31747 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:31747 > 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