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From: Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: What means bup?
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:47:52
Message-Id: 20180718144715.139b4d11@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: What means bup? by Kristian Fiskerstrand
1 On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:20:56 +0200
2 Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On 07/18/2018 02:10 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote:
5 > > I often find myself in the
6 > > need to use/invent some abbreviation in order to fit the limit.
7 > > Considering this is an error, this sends the message that short is
8 > > preferred over clear.
9 >
10 > Or that the summary should be concise and a longer proper description
11 > can be written in the body of the commit message instead. Potentially
12 > mixed in with multiple commits for different logical changes etc etc.
13 >
14
15 Sure, but that somewhat defeats the point of a summary if it's not
16 possible to clearly express what it is about without relying on the
17 long description.