From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22268 invoked by alias); 10 Sep 2014 16:12:28 -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 22257 invoked by uid 89); 10 Sep 2014 16:12:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-vc0-f181.google.com Received: from mail-vc0-f181.google.com (HELO mail-vc0-f181.google.com) (209.85.220.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:12:23 +0000 Received: by mail-vc0-f181.google.com with SMTP id ij19so5013467vcb.26 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:12:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KeZaIGhFS8Qkc5H9j97XSKlc3CTUzUtQAjN4yVDCBgA=; b=TLFmot/1H9CfwaDH04STWVulUV5/8SIdlBBScWtoKFtQxc++QBqm65rn6efM1E+yKo KUi/WZsVKtCi7kYA3rgJmD0PjeIKqXO11ovUyAK/t4pFAas7DoSwIF0VBSzut0CfI6I7 aZy8UexeAipANnWGyXNk5EuSKsFnUpx2C8UAv/IjsJE9DRfdzOXAxJGjM7tGe3dLYyYA GApE4WavKgOXB4tqlrhVtTZfFMmCvIJBiespmf2y1hqs2265kK+IRT+/yF08J0rnjGUj LVw0CnSOM7QdJSd4MpGxpekZfp0o8G/yqf+b5+6tQq94IrPUNhKGdPNvCGrTsNw1RUuX VLvw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl6quou1LT0K2uiag7vbLViF0tKG4uwk5qGjl/E+UWypyOP00uOJY1ibYi7nIooC00f7jyr MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.135.133 with SMTP id ps5mr18520123vdb.33.1410365541431; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:12:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.136.203 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 09:12:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <54102ED8.7060307@redhat.com> References: <20140814083231.GA6283@blade.nx> <20140814125224.GF4924@adacore.com> <54102ED8.7060307@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:12:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: ChangeLogs in commit messages From: Doug Evans To: Pedro Alves Cc: Joel Brobecker , Gary Benson , gdb , Andreas Arnez Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Pedro Alves wrote: > [...] > > Because on git, email == patch == commit, I've now noticed that we're > now actually losing author info in patch _submissions_ because of > this rule and the rule that we don't post the ChangeLog diff. Hmmm, that's a bug. > > 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. Agreed.