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#19113: Generate a ChangeLog file from commit logs Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:14:28 -0500 Message-ID: References: <546D2E75.6090701@cs.ucla.edu> <837fyp7tvi.fsf@gnu.org> <546E2899.4050702@cs.ucla.edu> <54756754.5090103@cs.ucla.edu> <54762721.4060908@cs.ucla.edu> <17zjb2h650.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <54828926.5070502@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418102115 29179 80.91.229.3 (9 Dec 2014 05:15:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 05:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19113@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 06:15:08 2014 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 1XyD8d-0003pe-Oo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:15:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37861 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD8c-0006th-N7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:15:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36545) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD8Z-0006sW-4W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:15:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD8Y-0007oQ-B6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:15:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33023) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD8Y-0007nG-81 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:15:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD8X-0003WB-RG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:15:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:15:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19113 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 19113-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19113.141810207513468 (code B ref 19113); Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:15:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19113) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Dec 2014 05:14:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58469 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD86-0003VA-Vl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:14:35 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:41491) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD84-0003V2-BA for 19113@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:14:32 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyD81-0001Bw-7K; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:14:29 -0500 X-Spook: Agfa virus clones Reno cryptographic credit card bootleg X-Ran: Nlb`3f"{TxC|Xm9,&@^q?o9,r&5bS(XU-Fv\qV:wgB!jVA'ml}Mz)J5O@yvsX]-r`_MM.x X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <54828926.5070502@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:42:14 -0800") 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:97066 Archived-At: Paul Eggert wrote: > That's correct. It's mainly intended to correct serious errors, e.g., > misattribution. To help give a feel for it, of the 3329 commits to > GNU coreutils master since it began generating ChangeLogs > automatically, only 7 have been corrected in coreutils' > build-aux/git-log-fix file. coreutils has a total of 6 people with write access, all of whom are experienced, long-time contributors. Emacs has nearly 200 and rising, of widely varying experience, some of whom seem to take very little care with their commit messages. So I don't think how things work for coreutils is likely to be representative of how they will work for Emacs.