From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Your commit 7409a79 Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:57:01 +0200 Message-ID: <83egsaxbwy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83h9x917il.fsf@gnu.org> <85k324h0hg.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <83k324yv44.fsf@gnu.org> <85tx17dqzy.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <83y4qixhq8.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418061454 13669 80.91.229.3 (8 Dec 2014 17:57:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:57:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: John Yates Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 08 18:57:25 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 1Xy2Ym-0000Bb-Qf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:57:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35323 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2Ym-0006iW-Ge for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:57:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39818) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2Ye-0006iE-KN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:57:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2YZ-0000Ad-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:57:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout25.012.net.il ([80.179.55.181]:44832) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xy2YZ-0000AT-Mb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 12:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout25.012.net.il by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NG900200YV21800@mtaout25.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:52:53 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout25.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NG900HNKZ052U90@mtaout25.012.net.il>; Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:52:53 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 80.179.55.181 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:179426 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 12:32:36 -0500 > From: John Yates > Cc: Stephen Leake , Emacs developers > > I wonder how low we will agree to descend in the name of "lowering > the barriers". Especially since this particular barrier is yet to be > proven to be one. > > > While GNU ChangeLog conventions may be off-putting to those we > hope to recruit git subject line hygiene is widely discussed, documented > and viewed as a "best practice". Failure to practice it ourselves is more > likely to be viewed as one more instance of our being out of touch with > the better elements of emerging practice than as a boon to new recruits. Not sure what your point is here. My comment above was in teh context of a request to use full sentences as summary lines. Is that a "failure to practice git subject line hygiene"? If so, in what ways?