On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:28:07AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > Well, it's really hard to add anything here. :-) > > "Update line breaks, punctuation, and white space on the recent KDE4 > and libtool entries to improve readability." > > I'm picking on a trivial case here, so sorry Alexey, but from what I > can see the trend is getting worse, not better. > > There are 3 main rules for log entries: > 1. Keep in mind that people will be reading this years from now when > you are long gone. > 2. A brief summary of WHAT was done makes browsing the logs and > finding specific entries easier. However if necessary that can always > be discovered with diff, so > 3. Always err on the side of including more information about WHY a > change was made.
Fair enough. Thanks for being pedantic, I like it. :-) ./danfe _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
