Re: small request regarding commits in binutils-gdb.git

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:25:18 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> But even with this example, it isn't just a repeat.

I didn't say it was just a repeat, I said most of it just repeats.

> The text before the ChangeLog says what the intent of the patch is,
> and provides extra information that usually doesn't go into the
> ChangeLog entry. For example, it says "This makes it usable in more
> places".

Why not have this as part of the log entry.  Here's an example (from
Emacs):

	* window.h (struct window): Replace hchild, vchild and buffer slots
	with a single contents slot.  This is possible because each valid
	window may have either the child window (in vertical or horizontal
	combination) or buffer to display (for the leaf window).  Using that,
	a lot of operations to traverse and/or change window hierarchies may
	be simplified.  New member horizontal is used to distinguish between
	horizontal and vertical combinations of internal windows.