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 15780139737 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:27:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C5FCA14203; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:27:21 +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 D23C4141B8 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:27:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.130] (CPE002401f30b73-CM78cd8ec1b205.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.224.138.49]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: axs) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C1A3E340D1A for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Summary line To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <55C75F19.90201@gentoo.org> <20150809215605.27ae6427@pomiot> <20150810004409.59637bea9aefd3f045b67614@gentoo.org> <20150810004044.76dda6e6@pomiot> <20150810021601.cdcae7226373ecd0d284086a@gentoo.org> <21959.62847.967959.705319@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <55C7F833.6040408@gentoo.org> <20150810181730.3ef13778@caribou.gateway.pace.com> <20150811085732.GA128486@skade.schwarzvogel.de> <55CA0692.1010506@gentoo.org> From: Ian Stakenvicius Message-ID: <55CA1457.3030101@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:27:19 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.1.0 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 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d906e8cd-4717-4907-ab09-aa612208cd14 X-Archives-Hash: 480c0a3610c39e5c0956f141a22564de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 11/08/15 10:35 AM, Kent Fredric wrote: > On 12 August 2015 at 02:28, Ian Stakenvicius > wrote: >> Stuff like 'cat/pn: version bumps', 'cat/pn: new features', >> 'cat/pn: adjusted dependencies' are generic (and short) enough >> yet descriptive enough to see what went on while scanning the >> log. > > I personally find those summaries a bit too terse. > > Mostly, because when I see "A version is bumped" I immediately > expect to know which version the bump is to, but have to dig out > the diff to find out. > > I would also prefer, where possible, to replace "adjusted > dependencies" to be more concise, like "include dev-perl/Foo in > dependencies", ( though of course, apply some taste, listing more > than 3 distinct new dependencies in the summary is execessive, > treat them like hashtags on twitter, 1 is good, 2 is OK, 3 and > you're starting to get crazy ) > I agree, these are short and don't have nearly as much meaning as they should -- if there's space, absolutely we should add more meaning. I think my point still stands though that the short description should be more like these messages rather than "fix bug#someting" when there's absolutely no indication of what the bug is actually about. So long as all of the details are in the main commit message body, of course... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlXKFFcACgkQAJxUfCtlWe0FRAEAgrL/FYmdYlA10JQyjkhrWPW6 Md6CjK5CCWQh35sz5U8A/Agp6d8HHSu69ZinmhE1VCw9D8TjJ3r5WtQYEo0X8Vhj =WHfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----