From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Generate ChangeLogs Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:29 -0500 Message-ID: <1ssiguh64e.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20141203142859.24393.98673@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <20141203193110.GF12748@thyrsus.com> <20141203215426.GA15791@thyrsus.com> <547FFFE3.9000100@cs.ucla.edu> <54809C87.1070606@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417766865 14489 80.91.229.3 (5 Dec 2014 08:07:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 08:07:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen , Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 05 09:07:34 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 1XwnvK-0001dw-ID for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 09:07:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49198 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwnvK-0001Qd-2q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:34 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56035) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwnvG-0001QM-VC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:31 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwnvG-0006kC-33 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:54550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwnvG-0006k8-01 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwnvF-0006Mi-7i; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 03:07:29 -0500 X-Spook: quarter UNSCOM LLNL Verisign Islam Abduganievich Karimov X-Ran: EPI**nCBhotIs'p'\mT<}7o.\A:%&Cb/"Et3l6#6@2Bg@@UBK,I5hrmJ`hpK\5:h?'4}fg X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:178891 Archived-At: Paul Eggert wrote: > My biggest worry, to be honest, is Glenn, who tidies up ChangeLogs > more than anyone else does. It's more of a hassle to do that when > ChangeLogs are generated automatically. My own feeling is that, > although I understand the pull of having the logs look good, our > limited resources can be put to better use in areas other than tidying > up ChangeLogs, and I'm willing to live with somewhat-messier > ChangeLogs if we can trade that for a simpler workflow and/or other > improvements elsewhere. You don't have to worry, because I'll simply stop doing that. I feel like you mischaracterized my position as some such of obsession with making things look pretty. Rather I care about things being well-documented. But, good news! I don't care any more. I wrote a more detailed response to your bug report. Short answer: do what you like.