We should be careful about this too... thanks craig!
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From: Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: November 21, 2007 12:12:54 PM PST
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Apache requirements for commit message for contributed code
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Recently, the Apache board reasserted the requirement that the
commit message for code contributed by other than the committer
must include attribution of the contributor. It's necessary, but
not sufficient for the commit message to include the JIRA.
The rationale is to make sure that we can determine provenance for
code without having to go beyond the svn repository.
Please see http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html#applying-patches
For example, if Joe Schmo (not an Apache committer) submitted a
patch, this is not ok:
commit -m "PROJECT-987 fix for NPE in constructor"
This is ok:
commit -m "PROJECT-987 fix for NPE in constructor, contributed by
Joe Schmo"
Craig
Craig Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo
408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
