From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/26720 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: *** empty log message *** is a no-no Date: 12 Nov 1999 13:13:49 +0100 Organization: Programmerer Ingebrigtsen Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035163876 20929 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:31:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:31:16 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from bart.math.uh.edu (bart.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.48]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01458 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 07:10:25 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by bart.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id GAB25818; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:10:20 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:10:38 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id GAA18689 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 06:10:28 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org (quimby.gnus.org [193.69.4.139]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA01453 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 07:09:58 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (from news@localhost) by quimby.gnus.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA09642 for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:12:08 +0100 (CET) Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Path: not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnus.ding Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: quimbies.gnus.org Original-X-Trace: quimby.gnus.org 942408728 4356 193.69.4.148 (12 Nov 1999 12:12:08 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@quimby.gnus.org Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Nov 1999 12:12:08 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never X-Now-Playing: Bob Hund's _Jag rear ut min själ! Allt skall bort!!!_: "Raketmaskinen" User-Agent: Gnus/5.070099 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.99) XEmacs/21.2 (Sumida) X-Face: &w!^oO~dS|}-P0~ge{$c!h\ writes: > I absolutely concur. I was about to suggest the very same thing. > Personally, when I implement something new, I usually include full > documentation in the log message. This way (1) others reading the > logs are well informed about what I have done, (2) when I get around > to writing actual documentation, I already have an outline of it in > the logs. When fixing a tricky bug, it is also a good idea to > document your understanding of it. My view is that the CVS logs serve > the dual purpose of keeping everyone informed about on-going progress > in the project as well as of being a persistent repository of useful > information/documentation. The ChangeLogs are the log files for Gnus. So if we could get the ChangeLog generated from the CVS logs (or the other way around, preferably), that would be neat. (And I always write documentation while implementing new stuff. (Well, almost always. :-) It's an integrated part of programming for me.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen