Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 15:52:55 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mark Peek <mp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Process for requesting reverting patch? Message-ID: <20070513225255.GA96773@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <46478626.9060301@FreeBSD.org> References: <20070513175425.GA64710@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <864pmg1t1s.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070513183009.GA96018@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <86646wzfv0.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070513192836.GA94258@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <46478626.9060301@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 02:41:58PM -0700, Mark Peek wrote: > On 5/13/07 12:28 PM, Steve Kargl wrote: > >On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:24:35PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > >>Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes: > >>>On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 08:23:43PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > >>>>Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes: > >>>>>What is the formal process to get a recent commit to -current > >>>>>reverted? Do I send email to core? > >>>>You start by talking to the person who did the commit. That much should > >>>>be obvious. > >>>I would expect a committer, who changes something as important as > >>>the default shell in FreeBSD, to read the freebsd-current mailing > >>>list and the PR database. > >>I would expect a committer such as yourself to know that there are > >>better ways to approach this than posting to -current and threatening to > >>take the matter to core@. > >> > > > >I'm not a committer to the FreeBSD repository. I either > >submit patches to fix problems or code for missing library > >routines. In this particular case, reverting the tcsh > >import is the correct fix (IMHO). > > > >I also didn't threaten anyone or anything. I simply wanted > >to know what the procedure is for getting code reverted. > > > > As the owner of the PR and the person that committed the recent tcsh I take > it seriously when someone brings it to my attention. After the PR was > assigned to me, I sent Steve two private emails on 5/7/2007 but with no > response back. Given that it "works for me" on two different systems, I > don't know what I could have done different. Below is the text from the > second one. I have received zero emails from you (either in my inbox or backup folder where spam is redirected). It would have been helpful if you actually sent a followup to the PR. -- steve
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