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74 columns for ChangeLogs? [was Re: [PATCH 1/6] gdbserver (linux_debug): Remove extraneous \n from output.]
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:28:24 -0800
- Subject: 74 columns for ChangeLogs? [was Re: [PATCH 1/6] gdbserver (linux_debug): Remove extraneous \n from output.]
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:13 AM, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 12/17/2013 09:40 PM, Doug Evans wrote:
>> 2013-12-17 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
>>
>> * nat/linux-waitpid.c (linux_debug): Remove extraneous \n from output.
>
> (Line too long. fill-column is 74 for ChangeLogs)
Is that a hard and fast rule now, or just a nice to have.
I always understood it to be a nice-to-have:
I don't have to look very far into ChangeLog to find a plethora of
violations from various people, and I know I didn't review all those
patches.