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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:09:11 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r384004 - head/security/pecl-crack/files
Message-ID:  <20150414170911.GA25041@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <552D47CF.6090604@aldan.algebra.com>
References:  <201504141624.t3EGO1xY065515@svn.freebsd.org> <20150414162951.GA10928@FreeBSD.org> <552D47CF.6090604@aldan.algebra.com>

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On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 01:01:03PM -0400, Mikhail T. wrote:
> On 14.04.2015 12:29, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> >>   --- crack.c	2005-09-21 05:00:06.000000000 -0400
> >>  -+++ crack.c	2015-04-13 20:41:24.000000000 -0400
> >>  ++++ crack.c	2015-04-14 12:19:37.774605000 -0400
> > We now have a nice `makepatch' target which creates UTC-relative, source-
> > file-timestamp-only patches.  (Just a kind reminder.)
> 
> Why hide the patch-creator's timezone? Seems like a potentially-
> interesting bit of curio allowing, for example, to tally amusing (if
> meaningless) statistics...

The point is to avoid useless noise in the diff.  "Statistics" you're
talking about is pretty meaningless indeed, and since each next careless
submitter will probably overwrite it with their own timezone makes it
even more meaningless.

./danfe



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