Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 May 2002 18:56:34 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Changelogs on kernel.org |
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On Sun, 12 May 2002, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > 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.
Yeah, I know. Some people like the long ones, though, and they _are_ useful if you want to get a more detailed view.
I definitely don't want to maintain a separate set of short logs, but the answer may be to just do both: have the existing long log (with no merging of changesets, so that people see the actual commit boundaries), and a separate "short" version that also merges the thing.
As an example, if the long version looks like this:
<jsimmons@heisenberg.transvirtual.com> A bunch of fixes.
<jsimmons@heisenberg.transvirtual.com> Pmac updates
<jsimmons@heisenberg.transvirtual.com> Some more small fixes.
<rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> [PATCH] 2.5.13: vmalloc link failure
The following patch fixes this, and also fixes the similar problem in scsi_debug.c: ...
The short version could look like
jsimmons@heisenberg.transvirtual.com: A bunch of fixes. Pmac updates Some more small fixes.
rmk@arm.linux.org.uk: [PATCH] 2.5.13: vmalloc link failure
...
ie only take the first line, and merge entries with the same author.
Perl people, stand up.
Linus
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