From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23601 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2007 18:51:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 23591 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Dec 2007 18:51:25 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (HELO wa-out-1112.google.com) (209.85.146.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:51:20 +0000 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m16so2693093waf.20 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:51:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.222.21 with SMTP id u21mr794359wfg.128.1197831078046; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:51:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.199.17 with HTTP; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:51:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:52:00 -0000 From: NightStrike To: "Alexandre Oliva" Subject: Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages Cc: "Richard Kenner" , dberlin@dberlin.org, bernds_cb1@t-online.de, ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, sam@rfc1149.net, schwab@suse.de In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2007-12-02-11-05-39+trackit+sam@rfc1149.net> <200712022136.57819.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> <4aca3dc20712021240k19f3eae5j66453276179c401a@mail.gmail.com> <200712022355.23871.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> <4aca3dc20712021621n39a036d2u21f471f231dfffe@mail.gmail.com> <10712031329.AA20246@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00475.txt.bz2 On 12/16/07, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Dec 16, 2007, NightStrike wrote: > > > On 12/15/07, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > >> ... a good example of compliance with the GPL: > >> > >> 5. Conveying Modified Source Versions. > >> > >> a) The work must carry prominent notices stating that you modified > >> it, and giving a relevant date. > > > Maybe Changelogs should be reserved for important changes. For > > instance, something like "Fixed a typo" is a complete waste. I doubt > > anyone looks ta a Changelog to see if someone fixed a typo recently or > > at any point in the past. > > I've done that, while backporting patches. Oftentimes there are small > fixes on top of larger patches, and you want to credit those who made > the small fixes, and you want to be sure you caught them next time you > look at the patch. ChangeLogs for these are useful for this purpose. > > > Perhaps there could be some criteria so that not every single iota > > gets a log entry. > > How would leaving changes out comply with 5a above? It wouldn't without some "creative interpretations".