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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:31:03 +0100
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Changelogs on kernel.org
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* Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com) wrote:
> 

<snip>

> What are peoples opinion about the "full" changelog format that v2.5.x
> kernels have? Should we sort that too by author?

I used to read the hand written changelogs, they only used to be a half
page or so; neatly summerising stuff into one line; I can't be bothered
with the full changelogs  - they are obviously useful; but the hand
written half pages are still a lot easier at a quick glance to see if
there is anything that affects you.

Perhaps insisting that each check in message includes a single line (sub
60 chars) description; could turn those into description : name and
remove dupes?

Dave
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