On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 02:35:26PM +0200, Moritz Barsnick wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 14:06:42 +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > > Fix error message for attach-message. (closes #3785) > wrong quote, which makes me think you missed the point.
> > fwiw, the use of the present tense is an unwise choice to describe a > > transition (e.g., a commit). you clarify that in the next sentence, > > but it's still confusing at first. > > I agree, but it's confusing either way: The past[] tense could be > interpreted as how something was and what happened before. > yes ... that's kinda the whole point of using the past, i would think ... > BTW, I have heard it described as imperative (in SCM commit rules), > "fix" could be both present tense and imperative. > that's a sensible guideline for the summary, but usually not particularly helpful for the description of the change. > OT, sorry, > why? discussion of policy and related meta-discussion very much belongs to a development list.
