On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:42:49 +0100 Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I recently got some patches accepted for inclusion in 3.3, and each time, > the patch metadata (such as my name and my commit comment) were stripped by > applying the patch manually, instead of hg importing it. This makes it > clear in the history who eventually reviewed and applied the patch, but > less visible who wrote it (except for the entry in Misc/NEWS). > > I didn't see this mentioned in the dev-guide. Is it being considered the > Right Way To Do It?
It is common to add minor things to the patch when committing (such as a redacted NEWS entry, or a ACKS entry), in which cases you can't import it anyway. Often the name of the contributor is added to NEWS *and* to the commit message. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
