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Re: Changelogs entries [Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK]
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Kim F. Storm |
Subject: |
Re: Changelogs entries [Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK] |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:35:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jérôme Marant <address@hidden> writes:
> Quoting "Jan D." <address@hidden>:
>
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I use currently a 2004-11-12 checkout compiled with gtk
>> >> toolkit. I'll
>> >> checkout a fresh one tonight to see it is still there.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll recheck the other toolkits.
>>
>>
>> I can not reproduce the bug with any Emacs build from a current CVS
>> checkout.
>
> If so, it must have been silently fixed recently.
>
> The problem with the way changelogs entries are written is that they
> never mention the bug they fix; comments like "New variable", "new
> function", "use it" and so on are just not enough for anyone to
> understand the fix.
>
I fully agree -- and a proper bug tracking system would be nice too.
But this is why I always (intend to) post a following saying that I
have fixed a bug.
Others don't do that, and it wastes time whenever someone starts
looking at a bug that someone else already fixed, but didn't tell us.
> I think this is quite annoying from an external sight since people
> have to guess with respect to their knowledge of Emacs source files.
> (especially when you have to backport fixes).
True.
--
Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
- Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Jérôme Marant, 2004/12/05
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Jan D., 2004/12/07
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Jérôme Marant, 2004/12/07
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Kim F. Storm, 2004/12/15
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, B. Anyos, 2004/12/15
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Sebastien Kirche, 2004/12/15
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Jan D., 2004/12/15
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Jan D., 2004/12/15
- Changelogs entries [Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK], Jérôme Marant, 2004/12/16
- Re: Changelogs entries [Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK],
Kim F. Storm <=
- Re: Changelogs entries [Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK], Richard Stallman, 2004/12/16
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu, 2004/12/16
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Kim F. Storm, 2004/12/16
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Robert J. Chassell, 2004/12/15
- Re: Strange text scrolling with Emacs + GTK, Jan D., 2004/12/15