Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:12:00 -0700 | From | Zack Brown <> | Subject | Re: ChangeLog suggestion |
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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.
Be well, Zack
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