Using the vcs_to_changelog.py script

Eli Zaretskii eliz@gnu.org
Sat Feb 15 07:26:00 GMT 2020


> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:07:59 -0500
> 
> >> - What's the problem you're trying to fix (compilation error?  if so please
> >>   paste it in the commit log?)
> >> - Why is this the right way to fix it?
> > 
> > Something like that, yes.  I'm saying that we should have this on the
> > wiki.
> 
> I think it's already quite well addressed by this section in the contribution
> checklist:
> 
> https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/ContributionChecklist#Detailed_Explanation_of_the_Patch

That says the ChangeLog must be part of the patch, and the text
doesn't specifically address the lack of detailed information about
what was changed where.  So I think the text may need to be amended to
address the issue at hand, especially since most veteran contributors
came to rely on the ChangeLog-formatted part.



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