From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24077 invoked by alias); 21 May 2013 17:55:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 24065 invoked by uid 89); 21 May 2013 17:55:26 -0000 X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-8.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_WL,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.84/v0.84-167-ge50287c) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:23 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r4LHtJ3B013492 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 21 May 2013 13:55:20 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.11]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r4LHtHrh029501; Tue, 21 May 2013 13:55:18 -0400 Message-ID: <519BB505.60805@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:00 -0000 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130311 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joel Brobecker CC: GDB Patches Subject: Re: contribution checklist in the wiki References: <51965CE3.4020805@redhat.com> <20130520100618.GR4017@adacore.com> <519A3DCC.1020805@redhat.com> <20130521052552.GT4017@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <20130521052552.GT4017@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2013-05/txt/msg00782.txt.bz2 On 05/21/2013 06:25 AM, Joel Brobecker wrote: > Glad to see you put the patch description in the commit log, BTW! > I started doing that a while ago too, internally first, really liking > it, and then externally as well. Now we just need to convince others. :-) As someone that has done _lots_ of archaeology on gdb's code, including going further back beyond the cvs import, I've often had trouble matching ChangeLogs to mailing list discussions, and then often will still not find a clear rationale if I actually find a match. I can only wish people had been doing it too "back then". -- Pedro Alves