On 15 July 2014 19:15, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Where was the discussion of
> why this change should be back-patched?
Your question has broader implications. Currently commit messages do
not reference the conversations that led to them and a great many use
entirely different descriptions on-list and in the commit message, nor
are entries added to conversations to reflect commits.
I share your pain in not being able to follow or remember what led to
many of them. In fact, I'm pretty sure more than a few commits have no
public discussion at all, though mostly there is good discussion.
I'm happy to follow any agreed process we lay out.
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