Format for JDK 6/7 changeset comments?

[Mark Reinhold]

> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:34:18 -0800
> From: dmitri.trembovetski at sun.com

> Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>> And I think using the changeset comment for that is the wrong place to
>> put it.
> 
>    I agree with Kelly here. This kind of information should be in the
>    bug evaluation.

Absolutely.

>  >>> about the change. This is particularly pertinent as many of our bug
>  >>> synopses don't shed any light on the nature of the bug let alone the
>  >>> nature of the fix.
> 
>    Then why not the synopsis of the bug? We do this all the time.

I think you meant to write "why not _edit_ the synopsis of the bug?", and
I completely agree.  I do that all the time, and I regularly encourage
others to do so.  There's no good reason to retain a bad synopsis.

- Mark