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On Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:35:03 -0500
Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Some maintainers are saying to put the Changelog after the "---" so
> that it isn't included in the patch description.
> 
> One of the reasons for including the Changelog in the patch
> description, is to credit people with bug fixes, important rework of
> the patch, etc.
> 
> Do you have any thoughts on this?

Not sure I have a strong opinion there.  We do have various tags meant to
ensure proper credit; I would lean toward using those when possible rather
than including long change histories that, in the long term, don't help
readers to understand why the patch was applied.

Thanks,

jon