Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight

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Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 08:11:53AM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> The SCM changelog should contain _what_ a patch does and if
>> necessary _why_ it does so.
> The _why_ part is more important than _what_. The diff should hopefully
> explain the _what_ part.

"What": fix lockup in this and that circumstances
"Why": because lockups are annoying
"How": the diff
(That's what I meant with what and why.)
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Stefan Richter
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