On Tue, 17 May 2011 10:54:17 +0200
Jean-Francois Moine <moin...@free.fr> wrote:

> The following changes since commit
> f9b51477fe540fb4c65a05027fdd6f2ecce4db3b:
> 
>   [media] DVB: return meaningful error codes in dvb_frontend (2011-05-09 
> 05:47:20 +0200)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
>   git://linuxtv.org/jfrancois/gspca.git for_v2.6.40
> 
[...]

Hi Jean-Francois, sometimes it is useful to add also a "why" section to
commit messages so others can follow your thoughts, and even learn from
them.

I have this very simple scheme: a summary of the "what" goes into the
short commit message and the "why" and "how" go into the long commit
message when they are not immediately trivial from the code; for
instance the "why" of the USB trace changes in this series wasn't
trivial to me.

Thanks,
   Antonio

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
   See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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