From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20328: outdated CONTRIBUTE info re ChangeLogs Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:25:09 -0400 Message-ID: <91a8ybmdkq.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428992777 23686 80.91.229.3 (14 Apr 2015 06:26:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:26:17 +0000 (UTC) To: 20328@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 14 08:26:08 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1YhuIS-0002A0-AQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:26:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54531 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuIR-0007bh-EZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42264) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuIO-0007bM-Dj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuIN-00065w-Dk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37455) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuIN-00065s-AM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuIM-0006G9-Cs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:26:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 20328 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: submit@debbugs.gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.142899271924011 (code B ref -1); Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:26:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Apr 2015 06:25:19 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55464 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuHb-0006F9-6T for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:25:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:40920 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuHW-0006Ev-Ch for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:25:11 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YhuHV-0004c8-Un; Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:25:10 -0400 X-Spook: Freeh Panama Venezuela Sundevil benelux Agfa Ortega Indigo X-Ran: Dr(xBJF@<,wd`=2/]wGa*!x5-VQ0Nd#6tG~'6XHD-Z7p6FIyi[Iqim8e-$+)KX*4s\R|xN X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:101501 Archived-At: Package: emacs Version: 25.0.50 Severity: minor CONTRIBUTE contains outdated information re ChangeLogs. Someone should review it and update it. Random hits (almost every instance related to "ChangeLog" seems wrong to me): If committing changes written by someone else, make the ChangeLog entry in their name, not yours. [...] It is tempting to relax this rule for commit messages, since they are somewhat transient. [...] In ChangeLog entries, there is no standard or recommended way to identify revisions. [...] There is no need to make separate ChangeLog entries for files such as NEWS, MAINTAINERS... etc, etc, etc