From unknown Sat Jun 14 03:51:06 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#20400 <20400@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#20400 <20400@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: wrong author line in generated ChangeLog Reply-To: bug#20400 <20400@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:51:06 +0000 retitle 20400 wrong author line in generated ChangeLog reassign 20400 emacs submitter 20400 Glenn Morris severity 20400 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 21 16:42:03 2015 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Apr 2015 20:42:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35558 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykeza-0006Qg-Hu for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:42:03 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:50587 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YkezX-0006QO-Qb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:42:00 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkezX-0007f7-3y; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:41:59 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: submit@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: wrong author line in generated ChangeLog X-Spook: terrorist North Korea Jiang Zemin LABLINK Downing Street X-Ran: *Lw\FJ;'s@p@28"U!R User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Package: emacs Version: 25.0.50 `make ChangeLog' gives me a file containing this: 2015-04-19 Steve Purcell Steve Purcell Presumably this is due to a mistake in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2015-04/msg00308.html Three things to fix IMO: 1) That specific ChangeLog entry 2) The description of Co-authored-by in CONTRIBUTE seems misleading. I guess it should say something along the lines of "If the commit has authors other than the one listed in the Author: header (ie, the one passed to git commit --author")..." rather than "other than yourself". 3) The ChangeLog generation script should avoid listing literally identical authors twice. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Apr 21 16:49:23 2015 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Apr 2015 20:49:23 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35567 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykf6g-0006ix-Eh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:49:22 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:50777 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykf6e-0006il-W1 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:49:21 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ykf6e-0000RX-P2 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:49:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:49:20 -0400 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 19759 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) block 19759 by 20400 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Apr 24 10:41:04 2015 Received: (at 20400) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Apr 2015 14:41:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38848 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ylemp-0000yd-Co for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:41:04 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f43.google.com ([209.85.215.43]:35421) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ylemh-0000yI-Ll for 20400@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:40:57 -0400 Received: by labbd9 with SMTP id bd9so36871466lab.2 for <20400@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:40:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hMNVBloftKRp8KGI4RcCjMpQW23OHKD035AZ+PLhYno=; b=Pwc11mni7cq+qCb8VHR6z1ppbE8lES01rlW9f1itxXvAHl5tqMw1yk6X8uMU0wfh5h 24OhZnqqh8oDW/sJVytu469QSSlwnBiHSkomqeAeNjPX11RB2mx2egqEORrxw7ayQV/d sxUFBp2HtuDZPHRSf5V+eYrh/zJwg0IQMnSGtEi2TBtD51uhYsAynuqE2lQhLSKjYGk6 Nt2m56ORYTmWFmqooJ0x9O4eAS8h5jGvYUdzLwgH91bH57TwKe2pBp4L7UI4ywobOQ4W QQEcifnLCJpWDnoCOu1PlUjLDukYraN8DYpD+ssS77hgvbWGqj91Gc7zXcHTxsbBTxSv vzXg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.200.230 with SMTP id jv6mr7248013lbc.21.1429886445576; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.150.1 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.150.1 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:40:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:45 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8Q0eC712vpxg4k4LTpHJQxHRwnA Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#20400: wrong author line in generated ChangeLog From: Artur Malabarba To: Glenn Morris Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c38750a86980051479610a X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20400 Cc: 20400@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --001a11c38750a86980051479610a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sorry about this. > 2) The description of Co-authored-by in CONTRIBUTE seems misleading. I > guess it should say something along the lines of "If the commit has > authors other than the one listed in the Author: header (ie, the one > passed to git commit --author")..." rather than "other than yourself". Yes, please. That's exactly what caused my confusion. CONTRIBUTE should tell us to use the regular git author, and then mention that the header is available for when additional authors are needed. The way it is written sounds like you must use the header if the author is not you. --001a11c38750a86980051479610a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

Sorry about this.

> 2) The description of Co-authored-by in CONTRIBUTE seems misleading. I
> guess it should say something along the lines of "If the commit has
> authors other than the one listed in the Author: header (ie, the one
> passed to git commit --author")..." rather than "other than yourself".

Yes, please. That's exactly what caused my confusion.
CONTRIBUTE should tell us to use the regular git author, and then mention that the header is available for when additional authors are needed. The way it is written sounds like you must use the header if the author is not you.

--001a11c38750a86980051479610a-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Apr 24 10:49:43 2015 Received: (at 20400) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Apr 2015 14:49:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38859 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YlevD-0001BO-0H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:49:42 -0400 Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:53495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ylev7-0001Az-2E for 20400@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:49:37 -0400 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NNB00600FO7CQ00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 20400@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:49:26 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NNB0066AFUEBI20@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:49:26 +0300 (IDT) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 17:49:16 +0300 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#20400: wrong author line in generated ChangeLog In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com Message-id: <83zj5xy42b.fsf@gnu.org> References: X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20400 Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 20400@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:45 +0100 > From: Artur Malabarba > Cc: 20400@debbugs.gnu.org > > > 2) The description of Co-authored-by in CONTRIBUTE seems misleading. I > > guess it should say something along the lines of "If the commit has > > authors other than the one listed in the Author: header (ie, the one > > passed to git commit --author")..." rather than "other than yourself". > > Yes, please. That's exactly what caused my confusion. > CONTRIBUTE should tell us to use the regular git author, and then mention that > the header is available for when additional authors are needed. The way it is > written sounds like you must use the header if the author is not you. I fixed this, although with a different text than suggested above (which I find too long and confusing). Let me know if the new text needs more work. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Apr 25 10:41:14 2015 Received: (at 20400) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Apr 2015 14:41:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39898 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ym1Gc-0003Bg-9a for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:41:14 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f51.google.com ([209.85.215.51]:34273) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ym1GZ-0003BS-Pl for 20400@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:41:12 -0400 Received: by laat2 with SMTP id t2so53381765laa.1 for <20400@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:41:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ZeOrk5w7r+VTrkoCqgbQxBvkMK0V01Pgq3PfpJRqjO4=; b=BXBbTc4OOhq7qRa/rEjH673yRSgt3ItkbRgiq1BGb+qd8pY1Q5XuXL3GtMhSdwnonT Z6Gb4tOnK2M5uHZa82iJLp2UdqEWgp5UXEe/mYYKAEub4HLTV+Qz/ls2hG8ygH0JPhTS zPjcl7OnKPJZ4XmDYBTLvo9XMsgQukH5bDToID3KR8Vp7W+vBUVJj9mZ5s3/ffibkHXa gP395NWzGe0kGgrkUK6vx/uXR/JAziLcl/0/H3XLiXg5AI6hgXvJOT5OZCGGTzzePYH7 gj3caikMhidujL3vP60S1gWZSQq3qh9hZUSWDetjBCqM26NIvFe7+mxqpN/91+2tTX/i UThw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.222.133 with SMTP id qm5mr3020917lbc.86.1429972865695; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:41:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.150.1 with HTTP; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 07:41:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83zj5xy42b.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83zj5xy42b.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 15:41:05 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: z7dCYXdj369ZRU8FF8x1ZnsM_7U Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#20400: wrong author line in generated ChangeLog From: Artur Malabarba To: Eli Zaretskii Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20400 Cc: Glenn Morris , 20400@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) Looks fine to me. Thanks Eli. 2015-04-24 15:49 GMT+01:00 Eli Zaretskii : >> Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:40:45 +0100 >> From: Artur Malabarba >> Cc: 20400@debbugs.gnu.org >> >> > 2) The description of Co-authored-by in CONTRIBUTE seems misleading. I >> > guess it should say something along the lines of "If the commit has >> > authors other than the one listed in the Author: header (ie, the one >> > passed to git commit --author")..." rather than "other than yourself". >> >> Yes, please. That's exactly what caused my confusion. >> CONTRIBUTE should tell us to use the regular git author, and then mention that >> the header is available for when additional authors are needed. The way it is >> written sounds like you must use the header if the author is not you. > > I fixed this, although with a different text than suggested above > (which I find too long and confusing). Let me know if the new text > needs more work. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Apr 25 19:43:52 2015 Received: (at 20400-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Apr 2015 23:43:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40034 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ym9jk-0007D3-Bt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:43:52 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:47296) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ym9jj-0007Cr-FC for 20400-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:43:51 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5475A60012 for <20400-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:43:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id a0wc2OeO62+7 for <20400-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:43:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (pool-100-32-155-148.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [100.32.155.148]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7DBCF39E8015 for <20400-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:43:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <553C26B0.8030404@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 16:43:44 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: 20400-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: wrong author line in generated ChangeLog Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 20400-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) I ran 'make change-history', committed the typo fix to ChangeLog.2, and am marking this as done. 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