> I'll take an example from one of your recent changes in gcc/ChangeLog: > > 2007-11-19 Eric Botcazou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * stor-layout.c (lang_adjust_rli): Delete. > (set_lang_adjust_rli): Likewise. > (layout_type): Do not call lang_adjust_rli hook. > * tree.h (set_lang_adjust_rli): Delete. > > Without digging in the mailing-list archives to see why you made the > change, if something new breaks on a STABS platform I will have no hint > that this change was in any way related to STABS.
But this change has nothing to do with STABS. :-) > Also note that the ChangeLog doesn't give any hint that changes in the > ada directory have been made at the same time, only "svn log" reveals > that. So far for the "The purpose of this is so that people investigating > bugs in the future will know about the changes that might have introduced > the bug." sentence. Well, any changes in the compiler can potentially introduce bugs elsewhere and I suppose that you aren't proposing to mention all the known dependencies in the commit message. -- Eric Botcazou
