From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Your commit 7409a79 Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 16:44:41 -0600 Message-ID: <85ppbvdqqu.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <83h9x917il.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1417992308 18365 80.91.229.3 (7 Dec 2014 22:45:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 22:45:08 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 07 23:45:01 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 1XxkZY-0003Fc-Le for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 23:45:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59446 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxkZY-0006ki-3X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:45:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53064) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxkZO-0006go-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:44:56 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxkZI-0001TK-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from dnvrco-outbound-snat.email.rr.com ([107.14.73.229]:16019 helo=dnvrco-oedge-vip.email.rr.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XxkZI-0001T2-Lk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 17:44:44 -0500 Original-Received: from [70.94.38.149] ([70.94.38.149:53438] helo=TAKVER) by dnvrco-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id F4/53-05421-B58D4845; Sun, 07 Dec 2014 22:44:44 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Sat, 06 Dec 2014 17:59:42 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.94 (windows-nt) X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.64.130:25 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=NtdfcqtJ c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=AppmJ/7ZOOFWL/q6u6u93g==:117 a=AppmJ/7ZOOFWL/q6u6u93g==:17 a=ayC55rCoAAAA:8 a=fNEgcOh0sVsA:10 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=bArd4qpVCuHpp3mxEG4A:9 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 107.14.73.229 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:179322 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> * CONTRIBUTE: Renamed from etc/CONTRIBUTE. > ^^^^^^^ > Rename > > Of course, we also prefer the present tense because the text should > describe "what the patch does" rather than "what the patch did". Ok. I often switch tenses halfway thru, and then get annoyed when I realize that. Having a standard will help. Added to CONTRIBUTE (not pushed yet). Gentle reminder; when making comments about commit log style, please reference CONTRIBUTE. And if what you are saying is _not_ currently in CONTRIBUTE, please fix it (or don't say it :). -- -- Stephe