bug#67310: [PATCH] Include the project--list as history when prompting for a project

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 25/11/2023 17:57, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:06:06 +0200
> > Cc:sbaugh@janestreet.com,67310@debbugs.gnu.org,juri@linkov.net
> > From: Dmitry Gutov<dmitry@gutov.dev>
> >
> > On 25/11/2023 16:10, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:05:03 +0200
> > > > Cc:sbaugh@janestreet.com,67310@debbugs.gnu.org,juri@linkov.net
> > > > From: Dmitry Gutov<dmitry@gutov.dev>
> > > >
> > > > > I generally request and expect people not to make unnecessary changes,
> > > > > since doing that makes forensics harder: you see changes which don't
> > > > > change the code's semantics, and need to waste time studying such
> > > > > "changes" and deciding that they are no-ops.
> > > > >
> > > > > Please everyone keep this in mind when you make changes.
> > > > In general we don't frown in making minor cosmetic changes in the same
> > > > area as major meaningful changes are done.
> > > Yes, if the changes are for the better.  In this case, they seem to be
> > > due to someone's personal stylistic preferences, so their value is
> > > questionable at best.
> > I generally allow stylistic preferences when they don't run counter to
> > mine. That's better for contributors' morale, for one thing.
> I suggest what I think is a better principle: the stylistic
> preferences of the original author always take precedence.  This is
> better both for the original author's morale (as in "something will
> always be left of my contribution"), and for forensics, as I explained.

That's also a good consideration.

In our case, the contributor and the original author were the same person.