Re: Use of "Action stamps" in commit messages

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andy Moreton <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:01:28 +0100
> 
> >> Fixes: 1222ff5275 ("Don't skip epg-tests even with gpg 2.0 (Bug#23561)")
> >
> > We wanted an ID that is not specific to Git, having learned that a
> > hard way from the period we used bzr revision numbers.
> 
> Using the summary line of the commit message is still useful to help
> identify the right changeset (as long as you train popel to stop writing
> bad commit messages like "fix last commit").

Yes, but adding a date makes the reference more precise.

> > They will stop being useful if we ever change our VCS.
> 
> That is unlikely for the forseeable future.

Yes, we thought that way, too, in the past.  We were wrong.