Re: git log -> changelog

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 05:20:30AM CEST:
> On 6 Sep 2010, at 03:44, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > Except that the autotools project logs contain lots of S-O-B entries
> > which explicitly do not have that particular meaning.  :-/
> 
> I suppose we can create an annotation for logs that have a non-compliant
> SoB as if it was any other commit log typo we want to override to make
> sure gitlog-to-changelog creates a beautiful ChangeLog -- after we document
> our policy, and for entries going back to the beginning of the year in
> which we decide to start using gitlog-to-changelog.
> 
> Even if we wait until next year to start using gitlog-to-changelog, I
> think it worthwhile to know in advance how we will cope with a commit log
> that needs a correction.

Definitely, yes.  I'm afraid I still don't quite understand the intended
semantics though.  All S-O-B entries are to be co-authors of the patch,
starting from, say, January 1, 2011?

I wonder whether it makes sense to ask for a more consistent notation
upstream, or push for one.  It'd be nice if gitk, cgit, and the like,
could also display things as intended.

Cheers,
Ralf