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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:306989 Archived-At: Konstantin Kharlamov writes: > On Sun, 2023-06-18 at 20:09 +0800, Po Lu wrote: >> Konstantin Kharlamov writes: >>=20 >> > Ideally, each commit in the repository should contain minimal function= al >> > changes. It allows for easier code review at the moment and for better >> > figuring >> > out why some change was done later in the life of the project. Usually= at >> > this >> > point I refer people to this old article from kernel HID subsystem >> > maintainer >> > and libinput creator >> > http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-commit-messages.html >> > Old =E2=80=94 but gold! =F0=9F=98=84 >>=20 >> That's the purpose of ChangeLog, not the VCS. >>=20 >> > When project contributions are done via mailing list (such as kernel, = gdb, >> > gcc, >> > and in the past were also Xorg and Mesa), you usually turn a number of >> > commits >> > to separate patches and send them. E.g. here's one example: >> > https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20230612104658.1386996-1-tvrtko.ursu= lin@linux.intel.com/ >> > it starts with a "zero patch" that is the title of the series, and then >> > individual patches follow. >>=20 >> Mesa and Linux are hardly all the world, and that wasn't my experience >> with GDB or GCC development. > > I am not sure what you mean. Here's GCC ML with patches for the last month > https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2023-May/thread.html You can se= e they > send series as well. Here's an arbitrary cover letter "zero patch" for a = series > https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2023-May/618426.html Where is it said that GCC development prefers changes to be submitted in this format?