From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4353 invoked by alias); 11 Aug 2014 06:12:47 -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 4336 invoked by uid 89); 11 Aug 2014 06:12:46 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-yh0-f44.google.com Received: from mail-yh0-f44.google.com (HELO mail-yh0-f44.google.com) (209.85.213.44) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:12:45 +0000 Received: by mail-yh0-f44.google.com with SMTP id f73so5949099yha.31 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:12:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.54.10 with SMTP id h10mr40202871yhc.24.1407737563255; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:12:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.66.138 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Aug 2014 23:12:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140808123738.GC18439@blade.nx> References: <20140808123738.GC18439@blade.nx> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 06:12:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Commit messages From: Doug Evans To: Gary Benson Cc: gdb@sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00011.txt.bz2 On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Gary Benson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > A bunch of commits just got pushed with bad commit messages. > Please be aware that the format for commit messages is: > > One-line summary > [blank line] > Description of changes > [blank line] > Copy of the ChangeLog entry/entries > > Thanks, > Gary Best get this written down somewhere as an absolute rule. Maybe any of (or all of) "Contribution Checklist", "Developer Tips" or "Coding Standards" from the wiki. [I didn't see it in any of the above, maybe I missed it or maybe it's elsewhere.]