From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15528 invoked by alias); 15 Sep 2014 16:05:53 -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 15503 invoked by uid 89); 15 Sep 2014 16:05:50 -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; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:05:49 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834641162CE; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:05:47 -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 IXV+i6NM5QxL; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:05:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F0A11616D; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:05:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0756140E17; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:05:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:05:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Doug Evans Cc: Gary Benson , Pedro Alves , gdb , Andreas Arnez Subject: Re: ChangeLogs in commit messages Message-ID: <20140915160545.GN4962@adacore.com> References: <20140814083231.GA6283@blade.nx> <20140814125224.GF4924@adacore.com> <54102ED8.7060307@redhat.com> <20140910162853.GT13931@adacore.com> <20140915102949.GC13503@blade.nx> 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/msg00057.txt.bz2 > There's still something missing (IIUC). > One of the problems that needs to be solved is documenting the author > in the patch submission (the email that goes to the list). The above > convention allows for a default where the absence of a name means > author == committer, but we're still not specifying an absolute > requirement that the patch author appears in the email sent to the > list. > Am I missing something? I am not sure I understand what you are trying to say: You are now establishing that there are 3 users, not 2. author, submitter, and committer. Why do we need the submitter's name in the revision log? -- Joel