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[PATCH] Document ChangeLog entry conventions
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:27:43 +0200
- Subject: [PATCH] Document ChangeLog entry conventions
- References: <20020430.151440.86974720.davem@redhat.com> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0205011113460.33378-100000@pulcherrima.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
- Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:14:37AM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> >> I think the ChangeLog entry should be marked with `ABI change'
> >> like other ABI changes were.
> > I will fix this. I was not aware of this convention, sorry.
>
> Neither was I. =:-o
>
> Jakub, would you mind adding a sentence concerning this to
> htdocs/codingconventions.html?
Something like this?
--- htdocs/codingconventions.html.jj Wed May 1 11:32:04 2002
+++ htdocs/codingconventions.html Wed May 1 11:36:51 2002
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ be made for testsuite changes; see messa
href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2000-09/msg00287.html";>1</a> and <a
href="http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2000-09/msg00290.html";>2</a>.</p>
+<p>Changes fixing GNATS PRs should include <code>PR category/number</code>
+string for each fixed PR somewhere in the ChangeLog entry.</p>
+
+<p>Changes changing ABI should include <code>ABI change</code> string
+somewhere in the ChangeLog entry.</p>
+
<h2>Portability</h2>
Jakub