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Date:      Thu, 13 May 1999 10:45:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        billf@jade.chc-chimes.com (Bill Fumerola)
Cc:        jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, asami@FreeBSD.org, ache@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/adcomplain Makefile ports/mail/adcomplain/files md5
Message-ID:  <199905131745.KAA28081@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990512144055.27466B-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> from Bill Fumerola at "May 12, 99 02:41:35 pm"

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Bill Fumerola writes:
> On Tue, 11 May 1999, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> 
> > Whatever happened to the idea of having CVS enforce "freezes"?
> > Seems like it would be a lot more efficient system than this.
> 
> Sometimes a committer runs a post-freeze commit by jkh or asami, and they
> give the nod. Instead of giving the nod, they'd also have to temporarily
> (re)add them to CVSROOT/avail.

SO.... just have CVS emit a warning message when someone attempt to
commit anything explaining the situation ..  eg, "If you have not been
given explicit permission to commit, press CTRL-C now!!"

My point is that human error is not a resolvable problem. The system
is the problem. We should adjust the system to accomodate the humans.

Maybe with more 'obvious' emails to this list, or whatever. In any case,
no amount of yelling after the fact is going to prevent the same thing
from happening in the future with some new committer, etc.

-Archie

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