[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] clarify wording

[Chris Larson]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Andrei Gherzan <andrei at gherzan.ro> wrote:
>> No, this is wrong. When committing to the bitbake repository, there's
>> no need to prefix it with 'bitbake:'. You should mention what/where
>> you're clarifying, however. E.g. "clarify wording in help output for
>> -s"
>
> Yes i'm right. When suggesting for adding "bitbake:" i wasn't refering to
> the repo. I was talking about "what is changed". And that is the bitbake
> script. The general format is "what: Short log".
>
> Here are some examples.
> bitbake: data-smart: rename the 'content' internal variable to '_content'
> bitbake: Hob wizard-like reorganization

Wrong. Inside the bitbake repository, it shouldn't and needn't be
prefixed with 'bitbake:' unless necessary due to it coming from poky.
Perhaps the only git changelog you read is inside the poky repository,
but the rest of us pay more attention.
-- 
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics