From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8638 invoked by alias); 10 Sep 2014 16:28:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 8629 invoked by uid 89); 10 Sep 2014 16:28:58 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:28:53 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F91A1165CB; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:28:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id vy-kKPj95VG1; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:28:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC111165C9; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:28:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A4D58477FF; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:28:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:28:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Doug Evans Cc: Pedro Alves , Gary Benson , gdb , Andreas Arnez Subject: Re: ChangeLogs in commit messages Message-ID: <20140910162853.GT13931@adacore.com> References: <20140814083231.GA6283@blade.nx> <20140814125224.GF4924@adacore.com> <54102ED8.7060307@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00040.txt.bz2 > > E.g., I suspect this patch: > > > > https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-08/msg00650.html > > > > will end up with both Gary's and Tom's name in the ChangeLog, > > but that's really just a guess. > > > > This makes it impossible for someone else to push the patch > > other than the submitter, because not all the info is there. > > > > It's a bigger issue even if someone posts a patch written or > > co-written by someone that might not have copyright > > assignment in place. > > > > I think author info must be explicit in patch submissions > > somehow. That's probably the strongest argument in favor of putting the full ChangeLog entry in the revision log. I'm just having a hard time accepting the fact that we going to include a date in the revision log which could be wrong because added by hand. And once it's pushed, there is no going back, so no way to fix it. Recognizing the fact that the majority of patches have one single author who is also the submitter, perhaps we could use the no-date/ no-author format for those cases, and provide a way to specify for those few times where necessary? Seems complicated, perhaps... -- Joel