On Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:35:03 -0500 Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some maintainers are saying to put the Changelog after the "---" so > that it isn't included in the patch description. > > One of the reasons for including the Changelog in the patch > description, is to credit people with bug fixes, important rework of > the patch, etc. > > Do you have any thoughts on this? Not sure I have a strong opinion there. We do have various tags meant to ensure proper credit; I would lean toward using those when possible rather than including long change histories that, in the long term, don't help readers to understand why the patch was applied. Thanks, jon
