Subject: Re: Please stop change logs in CVS commit messages
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/11/2001 11:58:21
[ On Wednesday, July 11, 2001 at 17:46:26 (+0200), Alistair Crooks wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Please stop change logs in CVS commit messages
>
> I have always asked people to attach a summary of the changes between the
> old version and the new version. I do not want full changelogs in the CVS
> commit log. I do not want URLs in the CVS commit log - they are transient.
> 
> If a developer feels that a package needs to be upgraded, then there must
> be a reason for it. I'd like a succinct precis of that reasoning to be in
> the CVS commit log.

That all makes very good sense, and is a much saner way of putting it!  ;-)

(I'd also still really like to see the COMMENT and category in the
pkg-CHANGES commit messages, THANKS!)

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