Re: bugs and bug tracking

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Álvaro Hernández Tortosa <aht(at)8Kdata(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: bugs and bug tracking
Date: 2015-10-13 15:39:16
Message-ID: 561D25A4.8010801@commandprompt.com
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On 10/13/2015 08:15 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
>> On 2015-10-13 16:21:54 +0200, �lvaro Hern�ndez Tortosa wrote:
>>> (50 chars for the commit summary, 72 chars line wrapping)
>
>> -1 - imo 50 chars too often makes the commit summary too unspecific,
>> requiring to read much more.
>
> I agree --- I have a hard enough time writing a good summary in 75
> characters. 50 would be awful.

The idea of writing a commit message that is useful in a number of
characters that is less than half a tweet sounds unbearable. The idea of
trying to discern what the hell a commit actually is in a number of
characters that is less than half a tweet sounds completely ridiculous.

-1 on that particular aspect.

jD

>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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