On Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:10:51 +0100 Stefan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello. > > On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 11:02, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > > > > Please be aware that we don't want to update NEWS and Changelog with > > every commit in this cycle anymore. I have just seen some commits > > doing that. They only copy the commit subject into two more files. > > > > I will go through the commit log before cutting tarballs and update > > them accordingly. So please put your energy into writing good commit > > messages instead of updating two moe files with the same content. > > Seems people are still struggling what I expect from them in the > commit message to make my life easier. > > I don't have a template for you as I don't want to cut down your > creativity. :) What I can give you is a few questions you can ask > yourself when writing it. > > o Is it a bug fix? If yes please mention this somehow in the commit > message e.g. evas: Fix length check to avoid slow path in evas line > That would perfectly indicate to me that this is a bug fix. > > o Does the bug have a phab ticket? (It should) Please mention the phab > ticket number. Same for the coverity ID. > > o Bug fixes for features that just merged in this cycle are good but > long standing bugs from older releases are more important to get > mentioned. > > o For bigger features which might span over several patches I really > would appreciate a good high level description that goes either > directly into the release notes wiki page or in one of the first > commits. If you do the later please point this out to me so I can > bring it over to the release note page. (Hint: Directly put it into > the wiki makes both our life easier.) > > Thats is for now. Once I find more problems I will let you know. For > now I would like to keep this lean and grow more naturally. You probably should merge this into https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/efl_and_elementary_1_9/ -- A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world.
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