From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95C26D7F for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:08:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pokefinder.org (sauhun.de [88.99.104.3]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1344713A for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:08:00 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:07:58 +0200 From: Wolfram Sang To: "Luck, Tony" Message-ID: <20190628210758.GB5956@kunai> References: <7b73e1b7-cc34-982d-2a9c-acf62b88da16@linuxfoundation.org> <20190628205102.GA3131@agluck-desk2.amr.corp.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190628205102.GA3131@agluck-desk2.amr.corp.intel.com> Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Patch version changes in commit logs? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > I don't see why someone in the future trying to debug some problem > introduced by this commit would care that earlier versions had some > spelling mistakes or were missing a Fixes: tag. :-) >=20 > Where substantial changes were made between patch versions it > would be useful if the commit logs were adapted to say things like: >=20 > "We considered using technique X to do this but rejected > it because person Y said it had problem Z" >=20 > That captures for posterity the useful information without > bulking up the commit log with the blow-by-blow deltas of > how the patch series evolved across 27 versions submitted > to the mailing list. I fully agree. --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEOZGx6rniZ1Gk92RdFA3kzBSgKbYFAl0WgaoACgkQFA3kzBSg KbaSsg//QLSCBC4ToZ0ck5qvHwo45CUPf3ceHPXDd8ZKfjGsfEMoI30Een574SBD axHFvzfkA8hvzFGBa6wVlLAVDoHMU1ZlKyXNeu0i2HSXPi2WAlPfy5fmGwH0OMOy iWHSG9cGVpO3ytEVCqymy3x46PQXc+PGZ5MzVigo6ZB4sOu5aa5IGoDVoObRf1du br2XMHOZ7rDNBc0ECMQwv7eQco6U4Y5tk1rbZ59w4sMwd83JkKaIUn9Ynxw1euCN 7YbKEoJ+H/pEJ+2F1uMEYduqVeK22S58oxcEI9vHAQUjOBwmgFzyKlGNquaJGI5S 1oY4kd4S0d55zshCvGHiaOv6DvdWuPUXTtkkUNK4IjUuarFT9j/odJ6ARkjw/a8W 17JXWaePSgZldQk/oTR/+DvKojXw4EiimNSZgnyOFcbHtV0We2GXKf41SDSG1WsF 0KxORr+7ThKxVS1YUb0DuHLteJ9a8CeFCNn/faV+cDw+s/IS13Cvd1brPnr1Ce2a lAp3FIPhiAUQ+herGsnPnPYxrItzzMJspdVGIywWvhJGvF0XGBfdnLTdqY5qYVUr Ktg1jIlwPNjT+MdhKfadhZdBf72DBmTchCmXyoNEK6W9XQZPfg+qXisTJM7y0a33 8tIv8jJnClzt+TMwNYVvz0XWdvavsjfFYWl8o1ivkIDsCufNh30= =Pahz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Pd0ReVV5GZGQvF3a--