From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8644: font-locking of multi-author changelog entries Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:55:59 -0300 Message-ID: References: <83oc3agvjx.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1305068231 17395 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2011 22:57:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 22:57:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8644@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 11 00:57:07 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvrX-000850-PA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 May 2011 00:57:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39451 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvrX-0001SA-45 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44967) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvrT-0001S4-Pv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvrS-0003n9-NG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56586) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvrS-0003n5-Lm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvrR-0004OP-Sd; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 22:57:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8644 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8644-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8644.130506817116827 (code B ref 8644); Tue, 10 May 2011 22:57:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8644) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 May 2011 22:56:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvqd-0004NL-BL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:56:11 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvqa-0004N9-Pv for 8644@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:56:09 -0400 Original-Received: from 213-159-126-200.fibertel.com.ar ([200.126.159.213]:51331 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QJvqV-0002a8-51; Tue, 10 May 2011 18:56:03 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 5345766152; Tue, 10 May 2011 19:55:59 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: <83oc3agvjx.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 10 May 2011 23:17:06 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 18:57:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:46378 Archived-At: > I never really understood the need for these entries. How can two or > more people write some piece of code? AFAIK most of Emacs's code has been written by more than 2 people. Those entries are used for cases just like that, where the code being checked in is the result of mixing code from two persons. Typically it is like a separate branch developed by 2 or more people and that gets installed as a single commit, except that usually they didn't use an actual Bzr branch but just exchanged patches back and forth. Stefan