On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:35:41 +0200 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, Matthew Thode wrote: > > > On 18-07-18 09:16:07, Johannes Huber wrote: > >> english is not my mother language, so please clarify what bup > >> means, just seen here: > >> > >> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=ee0e0401478cf30b3ced0405f6b89391e05d2397 > >> > >> Just checked if it was a typo, but can't be: > >> git log --oneline --grep bup | count -l > >> Expected 0 lines, got 1248. > > > It's similiar to a sound you make when you touch something's nose. > > *boop* > > > I just prefer bup instead. I generally only use it when doing > > simple bumps of packages (copy ebuilds with only keyword edits). > > We used to have the rule that ChangeLog messages "should be well > explained and written in clean English". I think this applies to > commit messages, too. While it does not really apply in this precise case, this rule's weight has been lowered a lot with repoman enforcing 'cat/pkg: ...' + hard limit on the commit message length. I often find myself in the need to use/invent some abbreviation in order to fit the limit. Considering this is an error, this sends the message that short is preferred over clear.
