On Jul 12, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>> This all becomes much easier if we keep the ads out of the commit >>> messages, and stick to the technical side there. And find another >>> venue for the other credit. >> >> I'm open to ideas. > > I think the commit log isn't actually useful for the "advertising" portion of > this. Users don't read commit logs for the most part. However, it is an easy > way for people who are writing release notes, press releases, etc... to find > the information. > > Is it a good place for the information? No. > > Is it the easiest place to store it until somebody steps up and creates a > proper way to track it so that it can be desimnated properly throughout the > community? Probably. > > We do need a way to track this information. +1 on everything Josh said.
Does git allow for additional commit fields? That would allow for easy tracking without much additional burden on committers. -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect j...@nasby.net 512.569.9461 (cell) http://jim.nasby.net -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
