Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ChangeLog suggestion | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | 26 Apr 2003 19:28:07 +0200 |
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On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 17:12, Zack Brown wrote: > Hi John, > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 07:52:19AM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > > In each changelog entry, it would be really useful to include the > > > Message-ID of that email in a regex-parsable location. This way, if the > > > email was cced to lkml it would be possible for folks to track down the > > > actual patch. > > > > > > I'm not familiar with your scripts, but I'd be surprised if this were very > > > difficult to implement. At the same time, there are many cases of changelog > > > entries that read only 'USB' or something equally unhelpful, where there is > > > little chance that anyone could track down the corresponding patch. Having the > > > Message-ID in those cases would make all the difference in the world. > > > > The changelogs are generated by BitKeeper - couldn't we simply include > > a link that will let anybody[1] access the relevant changesets? > > > > [1] This can be via HTTP, and _doesn't_ require anybody to use > > BitKeeper in any way. > > That would be ideal.
short of that there's the bk commit mailinglist that has all of them anyway; it's 3 clicks in evolution to find one given the author ;) [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |