Re: Changelogs on kernel.org

Jeff Garzik
2002-05-13T05:11:33Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
> jsimmons@heisenberg.transvirtual.com:
> A bunch of fixes.
> Pmac updates
> Some more small fixes.
> rmk@arm.linux.org.uk:
> 2.5.13: vmalloc link failure
>
> trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no:
> in_ntoa link failure
>
> viro@math.psu.edu:
> change_floppy() fix
>

Picking on your examples, the first IMO needs more context.

(speaking more to the crowd...)
Changeset comments need to be written as if they stand alone, without
any other context -- including the author. A reader should not need to
know that (for examples) James Simmons hacks on fbdev stuff.

Jeff