Re: [PATCH 4/6] gnu: linux-libre-beagle-bone-black: Remove kernel variant.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> Our conventions for commit logs, which follow the GNU Coding Standards
> for Change Logs (see section 6.8 of the GNU Coding Standards), is that
> explanations belong in the comments of the code itself, not in the
> commit log.  If that had been done in the example you give above, you
> would have known why the line was needed in a small fraction of the time
> that it must have taken you to perform all the steps above.
>
> However, I agree that commits that _remove_ code should include the
> rationale in the commit log, if the reason is not obvious and if there's
> no sensible place to put the explanation in the code.
>
> What do you think?

+1

Ludo’.