small request regarding commits in binutils-gdb.git

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wednesday 15 January 2014 11:57:45 Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:25:18 +0400
> > From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> > Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> > 
> > But even with this example, it isn't just a repeat.
> 
> I didn't say it was just a repeat, I said most of it just repeats.
> 
> > The text before the ChangeLog says what the intent of the patch is,
> > and provides extra information that usually doesn't go into the
> > ChangeLog entry. For example, it says "This makes it usable in more
> > places".
> 
> Why not have this as part of the log entry.  Here's an example (from
> Emacs):

i'd lobby for just stopping the ChangeLog practice altogether :)
-mike
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