From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: Move to git, now that bzr is no longer a req. Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:49:17 +0100 Message-ID: <87wqi9ky6q.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> 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> <87r48oq8ya.fsf@gmail.com> <87vbxzzypi.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87zjnbvqml.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87mwjbzy4v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k3efvpuw.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389278990 20937 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2014 14:49:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:49:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bastien , "emacs-devel@gnu.org" To: Per =?iso-8859-1?Q?Starb=E4ck?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 09 15:49:59 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 1W1Gvl-0007Wx-UZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:49:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52404 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1Gvl-0004oS-JO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:49:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50463) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1GvO-000445-7W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:49:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1GvM-0004sL-Es for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:49:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34844) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1GvM-0004sF-Ci for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:49:32 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42011 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1GvL-0001zD-1x; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:49:31 -0500 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E8B1BE0D87; Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:49:17 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: ("Per =?iso-8859-1?Q?Starb=E4ck=22's?= message of "Thu, 9 Jan 2014 15:34:04 +0100") 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: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:167916 Archived-At: Per Starb=E4ck writes: >> >> > So? You can generate a ChangeLog file from Git, and we likely would do >> > so. But frankly: it is quite unlikely for users to look at a ChangeLog >> > file. >> >> I did so when I was just a user. But sure, that's probably a minority. >> >> > I do that as well. > > Also, there is a point about credit that I don't think has been made: > Even though I don't have write access to the Emacs repository I'm > mentioned in some Changelogs because of fixes I've mailed when > reporting bugs. I think I was somewhat thrilled the first times > developers put my name there instead of their own when checking in > those fixes. It is maybe not a big point, but still a point, since > that feeling can be an impetus to making more fixes. So what? If you send in a patch formatted with git format-patch, you will be listed the author of the patch automatically when the patch is applied with git am, regardless of who pushes it (the pusher of a patch is only a minor information you have to ask explicitly for: the normal log does not mention him or her, the main information being the author of a patch). Even if you send in just a diff, it can be committed using the --author option in order to preserve proper credit. So your "point about credit" is not more than a misconception. --=20 David Kastrup