From: Gokturk Yuksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu>

ChangeLog files are auto-generated by infra post git-migration.
For user-submitted ebuilds, include the user information in the commit
message instead. Mention that user submitted git patches and pull
requests preserve the authorship information by default.

Gentoo-Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642
Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu>
---
 ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml 
b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml
index ef80c0d..a148042 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/user-submitted/text.xml
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ the ebuild meets all Gentoo Linux development standards.
 The user-submitted ebuild must not contain custom headers like this:
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="A custom header that should be transferred to the ChangeLog">
+<pre caption="A custom header that should be included in the commit message 
instead">
 # Ebuild updated by: me &lt;m...@example.com&gt;
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-Such information should be added to the <c>ChangeLog</c> instead.
-The first <c>ChangeLog</c> entry should always credit the user who
-submitted the ebuild, with their full name and e-mail address.
+Such information should be included in the git commit message instead.
+Note that ebuilds received in the form of git patches or pull requests
+will have the user as the commit author by default, in which case
+including the user information in the commit message explicitly
+may not be necessary.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-- 
2.4.10


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