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• Some comments ... (Score:2)

  by drhyde (1683)

  I prefer single characters instead of words; + and - for additions and removals (like diff); removal and other changes should be distinct because removal does *not* imply incompatible (see the example below).

  Any thoughts on how to deal with long text for any entry? I suggest that if a line starts with whitespace, it is assumed to be a continuation of the previous line:

  -: removed the dependency on Foo::Bar, which fails its tests on some platforms.
   It is now optional, and without it fr
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by hex (3272)

    > I suggest that if a line starts with whitespace, it is assumed to be a continuation of the previous line

    That'd be the part of the spec that says "A line beginning with \s+ is interpreted as the continuation of the preceding line" :-)

    Re your other points, I liked the single letters more too but people were keen on the whole word versions. I'll let them respond...

    I thought of maybe inventing a format for specifying bugtracker URLs but then it was getting a bit too complicated to merit the "simpli
    • Re:Some comments ... (Score:2)

      by drhyde (1683) on 2007.11.13 13:20 (#59017) Homepage Journal

      Furrfu! You don't expect programmers to read the documentation do you? :-)

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