Hi Ludovic, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
> Hello, > > Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Thanks for taking the time to research and write this reply. I think you >> bring good and well researched points, including our current odd >> convention to use double spaces. >> >> What do other think? I would tend to also think going through a GCD to >> be overkill to change these conventions. Is a consensus possible >> regarding letting go of the GNU ChangeLog style for our commit >> messages? > > It seems doable, yes. (I’d personally miss the ability to search for an > identifier in the commit log, but the overall tradeoff on a social level > seems favorable to me.) > > FWIW, glibc dropped ChangeLog-style commit messages a few years ago. Interesting, good to know! >> What about the double spaces convention? Would you favor dropping it >> as well? > > I don’t think that’s related, is it? I think few of us care whether > people use two spaces in commit messages, but I’d personally be more > picky in text snippets because I find it clearer… It's related in that we're discussing contributing guidelines that cause friction for newcomers and add limited value. I think the two-spaces convention must feel similarly baroque as the GNU ChangeLog git commit messages for newcomers. -- Thanks, Maxim
