Subject: Re: commit message
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@itojun.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/29/2003 03:45:42
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> 	when i attached a short summary, i get punished for not attaching
> 	the whole changelog.  what is the policy, and where it is documented?

pkgsrc/Packages.txt, #11.3:

	 11.3 Updating a Package to a Newer Version
	 ==========================================

	Please always put a concise, appropriate and relevant summary of the
	changes between old and new versions into the commit log when updating
	a package. There are various reasons for this:
	...

Maybe we can make that a bit clearer, e.g. "no full ChangeLogs, non-NetBSD
PR numbers, etc."?


 - Hubert

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