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On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 01:40:48PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:43:55 +0400, Dmitry wrote: > > > > > > * ChangeLog should not be posted as part of the patch > > > > It would mean manual handling of git-format-patch output, and the > > result would not be git-am'able as is. Well, if there is a strong > > preference to have posted patches different from applied patches, > > then OK. > > The result may not necessarily be git-am'able in any case unless > everyone has the changelog merge driver installed. According to http://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/GlibcGit, git-merge-changelog is explicitly mentioned as a tool "that can be used seamlessly to merge ChangeLog entries sensibly". > Anyway, there is > indeed a strong preference towards putting the ChangeLog entry > separately and not as part of the patch, which is why we have it > explicitly mentioned in the contribution checklist. OK > > > * Your submission needs a brief description of what you're trying > > > to fix > > > > A reference to [BZ #10631] is the brief description. > > It is just more considerate towards reviewers to post a summary of the > discussion here. Yes, in a less trivial case a brief description would be appropriate. In this case, the summary should be quite self-explanatory. > > > > __libc_message (action & 2, > > > > - "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n", > > > > + "*** glibc has detected an error in %s: %s: > > > > 0x%s ***\n", __libc_argv[0] ?: "<unknown>", str, cp); > > > > } > > > > else if (action & 2) > > > > > > The change is trivial but it may break scripts and diagnostic > > > utilities that may be using the earlier format. > > > > The message is for people rather than for automated processing by > > scripts. Anyway, it is not part of libc ABI so the wording may > > change. More than that, some distributions already have this change > > for several years, so any tool that rely on strict wording is already > > unportable. > > I don't have any strong preference for or against this change but I'll > wait for an ack from another maintainer before I commit this for you. Thank you, I can push the commit myself. -- ldv
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