Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > It is useful to include a reference to the bug data base.
  > > But don't omit anything on the assumption that people have access to
  > > that data base.

  > That's asking for too much, and in practice developers typically don't do 
what's 
  > being asked for. Many bug reports are complex, and one must read them 
carefully 
  > to understand the bugs. We can't reasonably ask developers to write and 
read 
  > commit messages containing every detail of every report of a bug that was 
fixed. 
  > On the contrary: the GNU bug database is a useful tool for simplifying 
  > maintenance, and we should take advantage of it when that is a win.

I don't follow the response -- I have a feeling we are
miscommunicating somehow.

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