Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages

[Richard Kenner]

> (Minor quibble) As copyright owner of GCC, the FSF is not bound by the
> conditions of the licence it grants in the same way as licencees are
> bound. So I don't think this provision in itself would mandate that
> those who have copyright assignments to the FSF record their changes.

I was hoping nobody would notice that.  ;-)

> I don't hear anyone arguing that people should not record what they
> changes and when. The question is whether it is sufficient.

I think we all agree that it isn't, but figuring out where and what to
put elsewhere has been tricky.