Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:31:17 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT modules Message-ID: <20041214152152.Y42485@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20041213132617.B205@newtrinity.zeist.de> References: <200412130042.iBD0ghHO089005@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041213132617.B205@newtrinity.zeist.de>
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 04:56:08PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > > > marius 2004-12-13 00:42:43 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > . modules > > > Log: > > > Remove entry for src/contrib/patch, now unused in RELENG_4, RELENG_5 > > > and HEAD. > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > 1.6856 +0 -1 CVSROOT/modules > > > > Long ago, it was agreed to keep modules entries "forever" since they > > their use isn't restricted to particular branches. > > Well, when I asked about I was told that they can be removed once > they are no longer used in the active branches, i.e. currently > RELENG_4, RELENG_5 and HEAD. I don't mind putting the entry for > src/contrib/patch back but it's not the first time that an entry > no longer used in an active branch is removed. E.g. rev. 1.6842 > removed 180 of them and in rev. 1.6851 even the entry for the > doscmd(1) sources was removed despite they're still present and > used in RELENG_4. There are lots of other wrong commits to this file :-). It has also become very incomplete with the growth of directory trees like /sys/dev. Bruce
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