From: Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Generating the ChangeLog files from the commit messages
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:38:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y4r7edhx.fsf@gmx.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87zjbntvfz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx
Hi,
Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
> In Org, we generate the ChangeLog from the Git history and I often
> wish we started by having a proper ChangeLog first.
Interesting.
> If ChangeLog files are generated, maintainers will have to edit lots
> of contributed commits manually before applying them -- this will be
> boring.
As a offender I have observed that if a patch does not meet the commit
message/ChangeLog requirements one will (often) be asked to resubmit
following those prescriptions.
What are the types of mistakes you see? Could they be fixed by tougher
reviews? Or is the issue with forgetful people with commit access?
—Rasmus
--
. . . The proofs are technical in nature and provides no real understanding
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Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-14 14:39 Include necessary git tools in the Emacs distribution? Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-14 14:57 ` Tassilo Horn
2014-11-14 14:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-14 16:13 ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-11-15 19:28 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-15 20:04 ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-11-15 20:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-15 20:34 ` Kelvin White
2014-11-15 20:35 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-15 20:57 ` Ulrich Mueller
2014-11-15 21:45 ` Glenn Morris
2014-11-16 0:01 ` Lennart Borgman
2014-11-18 2:07 ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-11-18 2:15 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-18 14:45 ` Generating the ChangeLog files from the commit messages (was: Include necessary git tools in the Emacs distribution?) Stefan Monnier
2014-11-18 14:59 ` Generating the ChangeLog files from the commit messages Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-18 16:22 ` Rüdiger Sonderfeld
2014-11-18 17:10 ` Glenn Morris
2014-11-18 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-18 17:56 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-18 20:32 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-11-18 21:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-18 22:05 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-19 22:36 ` Richard Stallman
2014-11-20 0:15 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-20 2:50 ` Yuri Khan
2014-11-20 3:15 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-20 4:04 ` Yuri Khan
2014-11-20 20:12 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-21 4:25 ` Kelvin White
2014-11-21 7:57 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-19 9:03 ` Bastien
2014-11-19 9:11 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-29 22:35 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-30 0:23 ` Jan D.
2014-11-30 9:12 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2014-11-30 16:15 ` Paul Eggert
2014-11-30 18:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-30 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 18:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 20:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-30 21:50 ` default large-file-warning-threshold (was: Generating the ChangeLog files ...) Paul Eggert
2014-11-30 23:19 ` default large-file-warning-threshold Óscar Fuentes
2014-11-30 23:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-30 23:31 ` Óscar Fuentes
2014-12-01 5:46 ` Paul Eggert
2014-12-01 15:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 18:13 ` Paul Eggert
2014-12-01 18:19 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01 18:24 ` Paul Eggert
2014-12-01 20:21 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-12-01 20:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-02 1:17 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-12-02 5:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 17:06 ` Achim Gratz
2014-12-01 17:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 18:33 ` David Kastrup
2014-12-01 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 19:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 20:47 ` Rasmus
2014-12-01 19:15 ` default large-file-warning-threshold (was: Generating the ChangeLog files ...) Richard Stallman
2014-12-02 5:15 ` default large-file-warning-threshold Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-12-01 3:24 ` Generating the ChangeLog files from the commit messages Stefan Monnier
2014-12-01 3:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-12-01 5:49 ` Paul Eggert
2014-12-01 7:45 ` H. Dieter Wilhelm
2014-11-30 16:35 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2014-11-19 9:02 ` Bastien
2014-11-19 9:38 ` Rasmus [this message]
2014-11-19 11:17 ` Bastien
2014-11-19 13:34 ` Óscar Fuentes
2014-11-19 13:50 ` Bastien
2014-11-19 16:29 ` Yuri Khan
2014-11-19 16:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-19 16:52 ` Yuri Khan
2014-11-19 18:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-20 2:54 ` Yuri Khan
2014-11-20 9:38 ` Bastien
2014-11-20 9:33 ` Bastien
2014-11-20 9:31 ` Bastien
2014-11-19 16:43 ` David Engster
2014-11-19 22:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-19 22:51 ` David Engster
2014-11-21 10:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-21 16:19 ` David Engster
2014-11-21 16:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-11-21 17:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-11-21 17:21 ` David Engster
2014-11-19 16:54 ` Include necessary git tools in the Emacs distribution? David Engster
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