Re: File "Changelog-2.6.15": missing signoffs

[Linda Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>]

Actually, ("talking" to myself?), parsing this file a bit more,
I find many (~134) that are missing "Sign-offs".

I take it that "Sign-off"s are also "optional" on commits
and represent that the author specified under the "commit"
tag did not need a "Sign-off"?

Just trying to see if I can parse large changelogs into groups
that might be easier digest and summarize...

-linda


Linda Walsh wrote:
> I was examining and checking the Changelog for 2.6.15 and noticed
> one commit out of the 4959 that was problematic (near line 21375):
>
> commit 7b7abfe3dd81d659a0889f88965168f7eef8c5c6
> Author: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>
> Date:   Wed Nov 9 15:21:09 2005 -0800
>
> --- end of entry ---
>
> This change has no description and no one listed as signing it off.
>
> Was there a 1-line description for this commit and was this
> commit sign off by anyone?
>
> Do either, the missing "signoff", or "description", constitute the
> possibility that the "commit" went in "unapproved" & "unaudited"?
>
>
> On a less worrisome note, 62 of the 4958 commits had no "details"
> beyond (after) the 1-line description. Is it safe to say that further
> "details" after the 1-line description are optional?
>
> This is the first Changelog I've examined in this detail, so I can't
> say if this is a first or one-time problem.
>
> Thanks,
> -linda
>
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