We have traditionally described a commit even when performing a backport. I'd traditionally cut and pasted the actual log entries and then compressed them some to ignore the trivial stuff that doesn't particularly apply to the combined patch. Then decorated with the usual; Authored by: [commiter/contributor list] Backports: [rev list]
At some point, it seems authors have drifted from describing the backport first, and adding an entry for Backports: [list] to listing the backports, and then describing the patch. If you have a look at https://github.com/apache/apr/commits/1.7.x or any other summary, this new style is most unhelpful looking at any summary of commits. Contrast this with active development at https://github.com/apache/apr/commits/trunk Would folks agree with returning to the older logging style, where the purpose begins the svn log entry so there is something legible in 1-liner terse log summaries?
