re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/gzip

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

>On 12.06.2018 10:28, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>> On 12.06.2018 09:04, Martin Husemann wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 05:47:35AM +0300, Valery Ushakov wrote:
>>>> To sum it up, out of 30+ lines of the commit message, the relevant
>>>> information is contained only in (part of) one line.
>>>
>>> FWIW, I fully agree with uwe here.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>
>> I find keeping reproducers for issues very useful. Keeping track of them
>> helps to check whether fixes are functional.
>>
>> Also introduction of refactoring without a note in the message is not
>> acceptable in my opinion.
>>
>> Thanks to the verbose message people have the whole context.
>
>To be clear, I will keep introducing fixes in the same form. I'm
>catching e.g. bugs in programs only in specific usage and input. If I
>will refactor something I will keep including it in messages too.

that's a pity.

i don't mind having a little more detail that uwe is talking
about, but i don't think we need nearly as much.  it's worth
mentioning the sanitizer used as the finding-tool, but there
is no need to repeat the basic fix 3 times, or to reproduce
the code change itself.

please reconsider and use a shorter form.


.mrg.