From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 22A80138334 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:47:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC18DE08FF; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:47:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77931E089A for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:47:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e34:eeaa:6bd0:4ecc:6aff:fe03:1cfc]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: aballier) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7480F335CBF for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:47:21 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:47:15 +0200 From: Alexis Ballier To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: What means bup? Message-ID: <20180718144715.139b4d11@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <02af73dc-824d-4fc1-e9b6-24ced599feb9@gentoo.org> References: <2118089b-4d6d-0a89-ce78-8d5597fb0141@gentoo.org> <20180718072657.fnz45gc44v3m4n6v@gentoo.org> <23374.64477.378910.677336@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20180718141045.415fa419@gentoo.org> <02af73dc-824d-4fc1-e9b6-24ced599feb9@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f505c503-97a6-45df-b4b9-4b094af4143e X-Archives-Hash: fb590ac3cbd70d61da29c712b6b30e08 On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:20:56 +0200 Kristian Fiskerstrand wrote: > On 07/18/2018 02:10 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > > I often find myself in the > > need to use/invent some abbreviation in order to fit the limit. > > Considering this is an error, this sends the message that short is > > preferred over clear. > > Or that the summary should be concise and a longer proper description > can be written in the body of the commit message instead. Potentially > mixed in with multiple commits for different logical changes etc etc. > Sure, but that somewhat defeats the point of a summary if it's not possible to clearly express what it is about without relying on the long description.