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Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:56:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: contribution checklist in the wiki
In-reply-to: <519BB505.60805@redhat.com>
To: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Cc: brobecker@adacore.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 18:55:17 +0100
> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
> CC: GDB Patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> 
> 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".

Perhaps we should encourage contributors to point to URL of the
discussion thread.