From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9FAF58973 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CED321C085; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6865721C082 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:59:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (unknown [IPv6:2a01:4f8:202:4333:225:90ff:fed9:fc84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9692F340A9F for ; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9F8D01 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:59:18 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1454677099.b2b11705f3fe10df6c632ec3e1dcd945b19dd36f.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/user-submitted/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: ebuild-writing/user-submitted/ X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: b2b11705f3fe10df6c632ec3e1dcd945b19dd36f X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 12:59:18 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: d31a3fba-9739-4702-a90a-495936eed3bf X-Archives-Hash: 137442e2f368e6d01f7eeeacd777db56 commit: b2b11705f3fe10df6c632ec3e1dcd945b19dd36f Author: Gokturk Yuksek binghamton edu> AuthorDate: Thu Feb 4 00:57:34 2016 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Fri Feb 5 12:58:19 2016 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=b2b11705 ebuild-writing/user-submitted: do not put user information in ChangeLog #558642 ChangeLog files are auto-generated by infra post git-migration. For user-submitted ebuilds, include the user information in the commit message instead. Mention that user submitted git patches and pull requests preserve the authorship information by default. Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642 Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek binghamton.edu> ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml index ef80c0d..a148042 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml @@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ the ebuild meets all Gentoo Linux development standards. The user-submitted ebuild must not contain custom headers like this:

-
+
 # Ebuild updated by: me <me@example.com>
 

 
 

-Such information should be added to the ChangeLog instead.
-The first ChangeLog entry should always credit the user who
-submitted the ebuild, with their full name and e-mail address.
+Such information should be included in the git commit message instead.
+Note that ebuilds received in the form of git patches or pull requests
+will have the user as the commit author by default, in which case
+including the user information in the commit message explicitly
+may not be necessary.