From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: This Is The Git Help Mailing List Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:30:07 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87d28r5axw.fsf@ktab.red-bean.com> <5464E961.6090109@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1415899849 13781 80.91.229.3 (13 Nov 2014 17:30:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Karl Fogel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 13 18:30:44 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XoyEG-0000F1-6z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:30:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33096 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoyEF-00061z-Om for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:30:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41489) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoyE6-00061b-Ka for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:30:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoyE1-0004T8-3g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:30:34 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:42102) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XoyE0-0004Sf-TC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:30:29 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1XoyDg-0008Eq-13; Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:30:08 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEXWlm66e1n37tp3IhT+ /v6kXz7+//7ru5LvmX5jAAACdElEQVQ4jV2TTW/jIBCGh2wtrtDIyrXyuvHZQqjXrTd1rkYWm2tr WeRKUBP+/s6MY220c0Hw8M4XA9SHQwhhnvvQ4/p+0g627RskqOk8HAIv4WsYS23s86lD0Id/9tN4 rUfrWgILmRn8blutfWvNHfRTkyvic1ex1QTwbnf1GmSNpN/X3eFQ9xMHny4ezQGRuj5Oh1uYgDwd Rz8a6/0OvZ0Th+wAz+erIbPefYfQCCbTAzDGP4ejzEL2KyjuwJ5CVJkJg6m8A3M6CpmqJj5xcIzN fjCBodERkKRF8bmlcwXlII9ql2Kuco9ZYUtZABk232cEVUzNfiLwSnGdzFH2Z1/K1Mh461Zghkxg Gq2XVX4AVgGA3IetsUNqXr4X4Nd0b6H7YbxsmicGH2qt8A82PhLYMPjaAVYysgLtdcMA+/KpFFYy WmP2BN4RJAaTEgXVaFru+IdsqsyuZgChqF8tv/trXgB2twRMVhjzxuCSV0XYOodVRNgwEAlBxaBQ CGSUiYH6D+QoWDEP6KqpKAYCLTP2ipOaGCQOLlRBL6q5jPPuEYghx8Ky4nOXMwOaCIUNAhg49js+ TMqbFRQouS31gUZTBH5JiMICcIhwhZxRhGCOGUD7F7l8FBFXBQ4fAlUfOhrweYi6ZDBHErpoWqSp Pw+xxMlHcFQIoroYizchXRS6Eqjorho7i+3FKcBq8lVdlhhN6bXCFQrjylPOhbxodvXivcafii/l fYkKh4DuAgu9ErjzI65uVThyQ7C0/N8GyR8SAY0giJJ23lirGOApuQOq/G4qX1dAuQnyRecackFg B5Z2D4Z5e+f8DsziwT0AY/Gh/wJ2aRmDeX8+NAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== X-Now-Playing: Eurythmics's _Touch_: "Right By Your Side" X-Hashcash: 1:23:141113:eggert@cs.ucla.edu::pjIPNwi0Y1UnaOh0:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000CND7 X-Hashcash: 1:23:141113:emacs-devel@gnu.org::UQsBtoriqpzMRfgl:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000KXsY X-Hashcash: 1:23:141113:kfogel@red-bean.com::qZqXL++Qu+4fTvXT:000000000000000000000000000000000000000000NxDe In-Reply-To: <5464E961.6090109@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:24:49 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1XoyDg-0008Eq-13 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1416504608.67376@1fswWfkuUB4ytFiCsr79/A X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:176969 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > As I recall there was consensus to wait for a bit after the transition > and then change our ChangeLog practice so that the ChangeLog is > derived automatically from the git commit log. Other GNU projects do > that (coreutils, for example) and Emacs could surely do the same. Is there any practical reason we have to wait? Since other GNU projects do this already, presumably the tools necessary already exist, and we could just use them... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no