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[Python-Dev] small commit emails nit

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Mar 8 21:29:05 CET 2011 
Well, after a couple of days with the "cpython" prefix stripped, I have
to say that I find it much less practical than it was before. Any other
opinions?

Regards

Antoine.



On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 01:11:24 +1000
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:52:08 +1000
> > Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm actually OK with the status quo, but if we were going to change
> >> it, I would continue to leave (default) out.
> >>
> >> Completely unqualified = cpython default
> >> Only branch name = cpython branch
> >> Only repository name = other repository default
> >> repository name and branch name = other repository branch
> >
> > Well, I'm not sure, but the regularity of the "cpython" prefixes makes
> > it easier to distinguish cpython commits from non-cpython ones IMO.
> 
> It's a mental pattern matching thing - word layout is noticed before
> word content.
> 
> So the suggested scheme:
> 
> [python-checkins] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> [python-checkins] (3.1): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> [python-checkins] devguide: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> [python-checkins] devguide (hg_migration): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> 
> provides more distinctive subject lines than the current:
> 
> [python-checkins] cpython: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> [python-checkins] cpython (3.1): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> [python-checkins] devguide: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> [python-checkins] devguide (hg_migration): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
> 
> What we have isn't bad, but I agree with Benjamin that it could be better.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nick
> 
> -- 
> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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