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[100.33.98.8]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o17sm3275360qtq.93.2019.12.20.11.51.44 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:51:45 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bls2g604.fsf@telefonica.net> (=?utf-8?Q?=22=C3=93scar?= Fuentes"'s message of "Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:18:51 +0100") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::829 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:243523 Archived-At: =C3=93F> That's for VC-Dir. It doesn't work when committing changes from Ma= git, =C3=93F> does it? No. My point was to express the confusion of new contributors lacking this tribal knowledge when constructing a patch according to the exacting guidel= ines. Preserving twentieth-century software practices has the nice side effect of keeping out the "rabble" of youth, and the changelog requirement proves a n= atural limiter to the number of changes an unvetted contributor might make.