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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/5] Revert "Retroactive NEWS addition (for v3.15)


From: Eric S. Raymond
Subject: Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH 1/5] Revert "Retroactive NEWS addition (for v3.15)."
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:58:51 -0400
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)

Fred Wright <address@hidden>:
> 
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2016, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> 
> > Fred Wright <address@hidden>:
> > > This reverts commit 1859b866dcda8ef2b1c1bacc5e1af8b69f4923c3.
> >
> > Please do not use hex IDs in commit message. Someday the history
> > will move to a different DVCS, or the repo will need surgery that
> > invalidates some hash chains, and the SHA1 hashes will become
> > huge pains in the ass.
> >
> > The better way to refer to a commit is by some combination of its
> > sumary line, its date, and its committer.
> 
> I didn't write that line, git did. :-)
> 
> Fred Wright

Please edit it out next time.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>



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