[Python-Dev] small commit emails nit

[Nick Coghlan]

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

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