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Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages

From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
To: Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1 at t-online dot de>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, schwab at suse dot de, sam at rfc1149 dot net
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:05:15 +0100
Subject: Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
References: <2007-12-02-11-05-39+trackit+sam@rfc1149.net> <10712021228.AA23790@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <4752A817.7000206@t-online.de>

> FWIW, I agree completely - I've never found ChangeLogs useful, I hate
> writing them, and I think the linux-kernel guys these days generally have
> much better checkin messages than we do. 

I guess nobody really loves writing ChangeLog entries, but in my opinion there 
are quite effective "executive summaries" for the patches and helpful to the 
reader/reviewer.  Please let's not throw the baby with the bath's water.

-- 
Eric Botcazou

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
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  - From: Robert Dewar

References:
- Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
  - From: Samuel Tardieu
- Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
  - From: Richard Kenner
- Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages
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