Bernd Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Diego Novillo wrote: > > The history is something one finds on the mailing lists. So, my > > proposal is to add a commit-time check that makes sure that the commit > > message contains a URL to the message describing the change. IIUC, such > > check shouldn't be hard to implement (Dan?) > > I'd much prefer the text from the mail message be repeated in the commit > log. Removes one step of indirection both when writing and reading the log. > > Of course, that way it's not something that can easily be enforced > automatically.
I would find the URL to be very useful, because it links to the discussion. Reasonably often the last e-mail message is something like "Does this version look OK?" Ian
