* Descriptive subjects
@ 2015-05-15 7:59 Gary Benson
2015-05-15 11:37 ` Pedro Alves
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0 siblings, 3 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Gary Benson @ 2015-05-15 7:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-patches
Hi all,
May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive
subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my
head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all
these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm
not alone.
Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone!
Thanks,
Gary
--
http://gbenson.net/
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 7:59 Descriptive subjects Gary Benson @ 2015-05-15 11:37 ` Pedro Alves 2015-05-15 12:28 ` Joel Brobecker 2015-05-15 17:32 ` Patrick Palka 2015-05-15 18:38 ` Doug Evans 2 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Pedro Alves @ 2015-05-15 11:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gary Benson, gdb-patches On 05/15/2015 08:59 AM, Gary Benson wrote: > Hi all, > > May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive > subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my > head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all > these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm > not alone. Agreed. > > Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone! Thanks, Pedro Alves ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 11:37 ` Pedro Alves @ 2015-05-15 12:28 ` Joel Brobecker 2015-05-15 20:01 ` Joel Brobecker 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Joel Brobecker @ 2015-05-15 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pedro Alves; +Cc: Gary Benson, gdb-patches > > May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive > > subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my > > head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all > > these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm > > not alone. > > Agreed. +1. In fact, I would even suggest that we follow that guideline for revision logs as well. When going through the log trying to identify the commits that might be responsible for a change in behavior, "PR bla/12345" is not very helpful for that. -- Joel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 12:28 ` Joel Brobecker @ 2015-05-15 20:01 ` Joel Brobecker 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Joel Brobecker @ 2015-05-15 20:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Pedro Alves; +Cc: Gary Benson, gdb-patches > +1. In fact, I would even suggest that we follow that guideline > for revision logs as well. When going through the log trying to > identify the commits that might be responsible for a change in > behavior, "PR bla/12345" is not very helpful for that. Something that occured to me a little after I sent the email: I suspect that using the PR's subject would often work as a good subject for the commit. -- Joel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 7:59 Descriptive subjects Gary Benson 2015-05-15 11:37 ` Pedro Alves @ 2015-05-15 17:32 ` Patrick Palka 2015-05-15 18:38 ` Doug Evans 2 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Patrick Palka @ 2015-05-15 17:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gary Benson; +Cc: gdb-patches On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:59 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive > subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my > head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all > these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm > not alone. > > Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone! Okay, I will make my subjects more descriptive from now on. Many GDB PRs are not very descriptive since they have "gdb" as their component instead of something more specific like "cli" or "tui". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 7:59 Descriptive subjects Gary Benson 2015-05-15 11:37 ` Pedro Alves 2015-05-15 17:32 ` Patrick Palka @ 2015-05-15 18:38 ` Doug Evans 2015-05-15 18:40 ` Doug Evans 2 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Doug Evans @ 2015-05-15 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gary Benson; +Cc: gdb-patches I'll On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive > subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my > head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all > these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm > not alone. > > Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone! > > Thanks, > Gary > > -- > http://gbenson.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 18:38 ` Doug Evans @ 2015-05-15 18:40 ` Doug Evans 2015-05-18 9:10 ` Gary Benson 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Doug Evans @ 2015-05-15 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gary Benson; +Cc: gdb-patches dagnabit, typing with a cast is, umm, problematic. I'll entrust you to update https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ContributionChecklist appropriately. On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote: > I'll > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive >> subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my >> head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all >> these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm >> not alone. >> >> Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone! >> >> Thanks, >> Gary >> >> -- >> http://gbenson.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-15 18:40 ` Doug Evans @ 2015-05-18 9:10 ` Gary Benson 2015-05-18 20:25 ` Doug Evans 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Gary Benson @ 2015-05-18 9:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Doug Evans; +Cc: gdb-patches Ok, I did it. Doug Evans wrote: > dagnabit, typing with a cast is, umm, problematic. > > I'll entrust you to update > https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ContributionChecklist > appropriately. > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote: > > I'll > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive > > > subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my > > > head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all > > > these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm > > > not alone. > > > > > > Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Gary > > > > > > -- > > > http://gbenson.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* Re: Descriptive subjects 2015-05-18 9:10 ` Gary Benson @ 2015-05-18 20:25 ` Doug Evans 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Doug Evans @ 2015-05-18 20:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gary Benson; +Cc: gdb-patches Awesome, thanks. On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote: > Ok, I did it. > > Doug Evans wrote: >> dagnabit, typing with a cast is, umm, problematic. >> >> I'll entrust you to update >> https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ContributionChecklist >> appropriately. >> >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote: >> > I'll >> > >> > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote: >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > May I ask that people send emails to this list with more descriptive >> > > subjects than, e.g., "Fix PR/12345". The numbers don't stick in my >> > > head even after I've seen them 20 times, so I have to look in all >> > > these emails to determine whether I need to read them. I'm sure I'm >> > > not alone. >> > > >> > > Just a friendly reminder, my intention isn't to shame anyone! >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Gary >> > > >> > > -- >> > > http://gbenson.net/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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