[Openembedded-architecture] [RFC] Commit Patch Message Guidelines amendment

[akuster808]

On 11/06/2017 08:50 AM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> On 11/6/17 10:41 AM, akuster808 wrote:
>>
>> On 11/06/2017 08:33 AM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 07:58:21AM -0800, akuster808 wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to amend the "Patch Message Guidelines" to include a
>>>> "version affected" component if it applies.
>>>>
>>>> There are times when a patch can apply to other versions and providing
>>>> this information will be helpful to package maintainers, stable branch
>>>> maintainers and to indicate what versions are not affected by the change.
>>>>
>>>> Do we want to standardize on a tag or phrase? like :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Affects: <, <= {version}
>>> Do you have any specific examples of its usage?
>> No. But I have done this in the commit message in the interim.
>>
>> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?h=pyro&id=99656fecf4fa6e24ba49ecb7f26f893e733818a0
> With that example, I'd say it belongs in the patch header more then the commit
> header.. along with the CVE tag.
correct. That example was my interim solution.
>
> However, I'm not sure about policing this or not.  As a suggestion, I think it's
> valid to ask people to include this information.

Its no different than missing the Upstream-Status or any other part of
the patch header.

- armin
>
> --Mark
>
>>>
>>>> Ideas and thoughts
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Armin
>>>>
>>>>
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