From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2014 07:58:30 +0100 Message-ID: <87txdhlhpl.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> References: <20140102095347.6834E381D0C@snark.thyrsus.com> <87fvp6bdd9.fsf_-_@ktab.red-bean.com> <8761q1ljny.fsf@gmail.com> <20140103175006.GE17261@thyrsus.com> <87iou0t72n.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388991527 8630 80.91.229.3 (6 Jan 2014 06:58:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 06:58:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: esr@thyrsus.com, thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 06 07:58:53 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 1W049C-0004u2-3J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 07:58:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:32805 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W049B-0004If-Hv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 01:58:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56289) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0493-0004IT-RB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 01:58:47 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W048y-0004HH-DG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 01:58:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::232]:54587) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W048y-0004H2-6a; Mon, 06 Jan 2014 01:58:36 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f50.google.com with SMTP id a1so15491990wgh.5 for ; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:58:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=7Mq88TDOw/3rs1rN2uuzvWuwZWzaBETHl2D9hfdhazw=; b=U5oNIAVpaglOnm3OaBITe0p5OfDuhHsOX2llxN17Y97JHbx/laU96+SxEHl3m43Nuh 08vZjkLgJ9LZ0okgbY7wKcnmsTHAM7oZ0lekzCtkfVpkM3KYxB688am23YjbgvAlKFDM dcu5LaPak9uF7pgAU2l8MsL/h6hSPumHjHPtsWeTZCiqKMWmke34xq+mUPGUP7RavtsV Iyk4xaPXeVgCdadyAkd8CbTS6pA2aWWCThLHMAwjs+2BIMp716t1tq8t89S7NYURDDnF 492O5PlfaXmCejlgdHj0nhpnHGSkRUKlCNi/NRe19nKz8IRGSwxOmRcMaT8LMgbDe9B6 NDNw== X-Received: by 10.194.92.109 with SMTP id cl13mr64017011wjb.13.1388991513654; Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:58:33 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from bzg.localdomain (mar75-2-81-56-68-112.fbx.proxad.net. [81.56.68.112]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ko3sm41786531wjb.23.2014.01.05.22.58.31 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 05 Jan 2014 22:58:32 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by bzg.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4965F1C2064A; Mon, 6 Jan 2014 07:58:30 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 05 Jan 2014 15:20:28 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::232 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:167449 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > The question is whether we should edit them separately > from the commit messages, or if we should produce them > by (programmatically) extracting them from the commit > messages. > > I think it is best for commit messages to be brief high-level > summaries of the changes, and put the details only in ChangeLog. > I think that these two forms of desription complement each other > and that it is useful to have both available. FWIW, I fully agree. -- Bastien