From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Generating the ChangeLog files from the commit messages Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:11:52 +0100 Message-ID: References: <21606.10799.112099.788101@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <1753218.Ot8JCqssfN@descartes> <546AABCF.8030705@cs.ucla.edu> <9xioico2nm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <83k32s9zm5.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416388370 12453 80.91.229.3 (19 Nov 2014 09:12:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:12:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 19 10:12:40 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 1Xr1JW-0002Nl-FA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:12:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57085 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr1JV-0006PK-QJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:12:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38617) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr1JD-0006OE-G3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:12:24 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr1J8-0006lf-3r for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:12:19 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:38138) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr1J7-0006lJ-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:12:14 -0500 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Xr1Im-0006iq-Ui; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:11:52 +0100 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAFVBMVEUjBhX59vD8/PwJAQmC UFHUvav36dJoJcG2AAACPUlEQVQ4jV2UsZLjIBBE5w588aK6VS7VSjFV2DllDY5tL5DLJfj/T7hG QrZvyczTTPc0BlJNj6WEMSSu1hhzKr/7jjYwYMdZD2x08w6+sCHdUirMfS15Ack35QngvIF1v/8w xjql2tLs1zv4NpqianP63tUrmCAxF3Dd1TcwQuKgsBLvItRXt8wuZ8+8T7IBmLLMl0U6B3V9fwEh OMa4BB/MTyBhNquc/gfDZKCds1KLkUI2L7tWYLycVHs1+hjnFwjWzQBznszxpvLjCT4tR4CchIn4 Ij6qRj9IGefE+WqOGSvddzAyxRCit+aYUgh+d9V3EFnYOmtOOQfPVaPr+9RyZkbqFzSyVIGCekyX NsJszHOy4r6DToXMMYhNW5gdlDjmq0Ycf4qnFRTpXPbbNab4BKt4nksHHOsxFTBV0JVcEdWCTglR YsxakVNsIBMtxYSW0e+g95cGZaH0AwhenCv44gKWorwOPv2uoLMP1bZFOEcAaU977MO8ztLCEjK0 RHdqxjyjBT5PnyEmZBz4SkJSM+Dg5tSGkJML6yImcaytumI/SZSG4AQjswrGtgBdSrwT9AJ5KcBo dp7kpMmcSK2dsofPpdweC2DIHDYwBEzHiJckEZWb6LZW6db6IHBO+gfwj8TeOFwfqmBrNboRbsyh ArNWrOA2hE/8pSaIbBU6AKh+bP5eKtAbOAA0RcWfcfk1xMvLAeDCZhfqflnfC2lLMwo7cH1Yiqhm iyX5CZpe2dXNtvQT9Nsz8gb+ATyq4jQ3pEOOAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Now-Playing: Lori Carson's _Everything I Touch Runs Wild (1)_: "Something's Got Me" X-Hashcash: 1:23:141119:eliz@gnu.org::+7K6PEOlC17bypAm:00000CbU2 X-Hashcash: 1:23:141119:monnier@iro.umontreal.ca::HIjO0pqwycmF5kpp:0000000000000000000000000000000000000mFQ3 X-Hashcash: 1:23:141119:emacs-devel@gnu.org::seWcciNsH19XCQpr:000000000000000000000000000000000000000001T7vD In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:12:00 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1Xr1Im-0006iq-Ui MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1416993113.57198@PHdzBVELmfb08StBWShckA X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.224.195 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:177725 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > One annoyance for me is the fact that we have several ChangeLog files, > so when I make a commit that touches many files, its description is > spread over several ChangeLogs, which is inconvenient (I almost always > end up forgetting to C-x C-s one of them, or to mark it in the *vc-dir* > buffer). Yes, that's annoying. And `C-c C-a' in the commit buffer doesn't always find the entries from those deeply nested ChangeLog files. If we had just one ChangeLog, I don't think I'd mind the ChangeLogs very much. But I think if we keep the ChangeLog, we really should distribute git-merge-changelog in the Emacs git tree -- otherwise contributing to Emacs becomes much harder than it has to be. Count me in the "I'm fine with keeping the ChangeLog and I'm fine with dumping 'em" camp. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no