Re: When can we stop writing ChangeLogs?

[Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>]

* Florian Weimer:

> * Siddhesh Poyarekar:
>
>> On 30/09/19 11:56 am, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>> I think we need to establish a procedure for commit message review as
>>> well.  I would like to be able to tell, based on the posted patch, what
>>> the commit will look like exactly.  Right now, we have a lot of variance
>>> there, and there have been quite a few surprises (apart from purely
>>> accidental pushes).
>>
>> We have git commit messages documented as one of the things that a
>> contributor needs to pay attention to in the Contributor Checklist, but
>> enforcement of review has been sketchy.  I can't think of a better
>> solution at the moment than a review tool that requires reviewers to
>> flag the commit message as being OK.
>
> I'm looking for something far simpler here—a script that submitters and
> reviewers can run to see what's going to be committed, and some level of
> project consensus that this is how patches should be posted.
>
> Hopefully we can get to this point while still using email for patch
> submission and review.

Upon reconsideration, I think I can make git mailinfo work for me.  This
means that I do not consider the lack of a tool a blocker anymore.

Thanks,
Florian