Re: bug#881: patch for bug #881

[Chong Yidong]

Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 22:50, Chong Yidong <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I don't think we should require --author until VC supports it.
>> It's a major inconvenience.
>
> I think giving proper credit and keeping logs honest trumps over
> inconvenience. But that's just MHO, of course.

Our acknowledgements are generated from the ChangeLogs, so I don't think
that's the issue.  Sure, it would be nice to use the --author flag,
because that's what the flag is intended for.  But it is too
inconvenient unless VC can handle it.