Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [Xen-changelog] Fixes.

[Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 11:23 -0500, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 August 2005 10:42, Xen patchbot -unstable wrote:
> > # HG changeset patch
> > # User smh22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > # Node ID 59e76450e286240decceda23eca343ec4604124f
> > # Parent  48dea637aac96bcbabe788d036b52570520cc82e
> > Fixes.
> 
> Sorry, but could we not make checkin comments like "Fixes."? It would just 
> take a few more seconds to describe it in a complete sentence...

Particularly useful is a cut & paste of the symptoms which the patch
solves, even if trivial. eg (made up example):

        Integrate xc_console properly into makefile.
        Fixes: "install: xc_console: no such file or directory"

This makes great google fodder.
Rusty.
-- 
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman


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