> On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:32 AM, jing...@apple.com wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Sean Callanan <scalla...@apple.com 
>> <mailto:scalla...@apple.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Zachary might be referring to commits like 221850.
>> 
>> "Do not override the existing definition of addr_size when adding new 
>> properties to SBTarget. Fixes rdar://18963842 <rdar://18963842>”
> 
> I see nothing wrong with the content of that comment. It's clear that it 
> means "addr_size" was changed to mean something it shouldn't mean.  The 
> details in the Radar are "addr_size no longer returns the correct value." 
> which was obvious from the fact that it's definition was changed and didn't 
> add any more detail.  So saying more about it wouldn't have helped.
> 

+1 - the patch seemed trivial and obvious enough that a few words suffice to 
explain it, regardless of radar

> I wouldn't put "Fixes rdar//whatever" in the comment, that does seem like 
> it's dangling candy just out of reach.

I like having the radar number somewhere in there, but as you say...

>  I always just put the radar number at the bottom of the comment since it is 
> useful when you get another Radar reporting the same problem and internally 
> we want to dup the two, but it makes it clear it isn't a vital piece of info. 
>  

If that is a better modus operandi by community consensus, sure works for me

> But other than that the comment should stand on its own.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> It’s not immediately clear from that message what the original issue here 
>> was: a problem with 220372 where addr_size was erroneously repurposed to 
>> mean “size of a target byte in host bytes” where it had a different meaning 
>> (“size of a target address in bytes”) originally.
>> 
>> Sean  
>> 
>>> On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Greg Clayton <gclay...@apple.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> We strip the actual title from the radar, but we do describe what is being 
>>> fixed in each commit message. So you aren't missing any info.
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Zachary Turner <ztur...@google.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Would it be possible, when referencing a rdar bug in a commit message, to 
>>>> additionally provide a brief description of the bug that it fixes?  Those 
>>>> of us without access to rdar don't have any insight into what the patches 
>>>> are fixing.
>>>> 
>>>> I understand this may not be possible when the bugs are related to issues 
>>>> that are not public information, but wherever possible I think this would 
>>>> benefit all of the non Apple people.
>>>> 
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