Re: Using VC for change descriptions

[Paul Eggert]

Richard Stallman wrote:

> dealing with those
> links (which I never did, not even when installing changes in Emacs on
> Savannah every day) is not something I can reliably do.

Yes, and I'm afraid that from my point of view I'm trying to explain standard 
and stable version-control technology to senior hackers who insist on not being 
inconvenienced even if they don't use the technology. I have the same feeling 
that I did back in the 1970s trying to explain online editors to traditional 
programmers who insisted on using punched cards. Until one seriously uses the 
new tools it is hard to appreciate their power and convenience.
> It has this history entry:
>
> Problem reported by Stefan Monnier (Bug#29957).
> * src/.gdbinit (xgetptr, xgetint, xgettype):
> Cast Lisp_Word value to EMACS_INT, since it might be a pointer now.

You missed the first line of the history entry, which is the most important 
line. Here it is:

Fix .gdbinit to work with Lisp_Word

> So, what would you have suggested using for the history entry?

Just this one line:

Fix .gdbinit to work with Lisp_Word (Bug#29957)

That's enough. All the other information in the commit message is clear from the 
diff, or is not needed.