linux-kernel - Re: Who reverted 2.6.25

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Message-ID: <481B0B71.4090501@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Fri, 02 May 2008 14:39:13 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: Who reverted 2.6.25 - stats

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> One thing I noticed is that reverts are not always marked with the word 
> "revert" in the summary line even though it normally would be,

IMO the summary line of a fix should tell what is being fixed.  The
changelog can then go on to explain how the fix works.  For example, by
reverting all or parts of a previous commit.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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