On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 07:43:11PM -0500, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> In my opinion, the version number is a very useful piece of information
> to see for update commits when browsing the commit history.  I regard
> the practice of omitting the version number to be a slowly creeping
> regression in our otherwise exceptionally good conventions for commit
> logs.  I humbly propose that we nip this regression in the bud.

I agree that the commit message should always include the new version of
the package being updated.