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Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 20:11:10 -0500 |
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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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- Re: Using VC for change descriptions, Richard Stallman, 2018/01/08
- Re: Using VC for change descriptions, Paul Eggert, 2018/01/09
- Re: Using VC for change descriptions, Richard Stallman, 2018/01/09
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- How much explanation to include in change descriptions, Richard Stallman, 2018/01/15
- Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions, Paul Eggert, 2018/01/16
- Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions, Joseph Myers, 2018/01/16
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- Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions, Paul Eggert, 2018/01/17
- Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions, Richard Stallman, 2018/01/17
- Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions, Richard Stallman, 2018/01/16
- Re: How much explanation to include in change descriptions, John Darrington, 2018/01/17
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- Re: Using VC for change descriptions, Richard Stallman, 2018/01/07
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