[PATCH, v3] wwwdocs: e-mail subject lines for contributions

Richard Earnshaw (lists) Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com
Mon Feb 3 15:15:00 GMT 2020


On 03/02/2020 15:13, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
> On 03/02/2020 14:10, Jason Merrill wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 7:57 AM Alexander Monakov <amonakov@ispras.ru> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 3 Feb 2020, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Upper case is what glibc has, though it appears that it's a rule 
>>>> that is
>>> not
>>>> strictly followed.  If we change it, then it becomes another friction
>>> point
>>>> between developer groups.  Personally, I'd leave it as is, then turn a
>>> blind
>>>> eye to such minor non-conformance.
>>>
>>> In that case can we simply say that both 'committed' and 'COMMITTED' are
>>> okay,
>>> if we know glibc doesn't follow that rule and anticipate we will not 
>>> follow
>>> it either?
>>>
>>
>> And perhaps something shorter?  "committed" is a long word.  [PUSHED]?
>>
>> Jason
>>
> 
> "Committed" is the accepted term in glibc.  If we insist on something 
> different, then that becomes a friction point.
> 

"COMMITTED", not "Committed".

> On the other hand, I really don't care personally as long as the meaning 
> is clear.  I'd be happy with the super-set of all of these, since it 
> only appears in email messages, not the final commit.
> 
> R.



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