Re: ChangeLog suggestion

[Zack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org>]

Hi John,

On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 07:52:19AM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> > In each changelog entry, it would be really useful to include the
> > Message-ID of that email in a regex-parsable location. This way, if the
> > email was cced to lkml it would be possible for folks to track down the
> > actual patch.
> > 
> > I'm not familiar with your scripts, but I'd be surprised if this were very
> > difficult to implement. At the same time, there are many cases of changelog
> > entries that read only 'USB' or something equally unhelpful, where there is
> > little chance that anyone could track down the corresponding patch.  Having the
> > Message-ID in those cases would make all the difference in the world.
> 
> The changelogs are generated by BitKeeper - couldn't we simply include
> a link that will let anybody[1] access the relevant changesets?
> 
> [1] This can be via HTTP, and _doesn't_ require anybody to use
> BitKeeper in any way.

That would be ideal.

Be well,
Zack

> 
> John.
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Zack Brown