From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20746 invoked by alias); 16 Dec 2007 12:47:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 20738 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Dec 2007 12:47:03 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:46:57 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBGCksRh021289; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:46:54 -0500 Received: from pobox.corp.redhat.com (pobox.corp.redhat.com [10.11.255.20]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBGCks7S022512; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:46:54 -0500 Received: from livre.oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br (vpn-248-35.boston.redhat.com [10.13.248.35]) by pobox.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lBGCkrBj007066; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:46:53 -0500 Received: from livre.oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by livre.oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id lBGCkqQg011768; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:46:52 -0200 Received: (from aoliva@localhost) by livre.oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id lBGCkoQC011767; Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:46:50 -0200 To: NightStrike Cc: "Richard Kenner" , dberlin@dberlin.org, bernds_cb1@t-online.de, ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr, gcc@gcc.gnu.org, sam@rfc1149.net, schwab@suse.de Subject: Re: Rant about ChangeLog entries and commit messages 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> From: Alexandre Oliva Errors-To: aoliva@oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:04:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (nightstrike@gmail.com's message of "Sun\, 16 Dec 2007 01\:27\:13 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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/msg00459.txt.bz2 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? -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}