>> I find this commit message improvable also according to Linux software >> development documentation. > > Causing people to send out new versions of things for tweaks to the > commit log consumes time for them and everyone they're sending changes to. Improving patches (besides source code adjustments) is an usual software development activity, isn't it? > Pushing people to make trivial rewordings of their commit logs to > match your particular taste is not a good use of people's time. Corresponding tweaks can be combined with recommended tags. It can be that only “trivial” items were left over for another bit of fine-tuning. Subsequent description variants can reduce the probability for additional patch review iterations, can't they? Regards, Markus
