From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 03:15:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C365106566B; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 03:15:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from spartan.hamla.org (spartan.hamla.org [206.251.255.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 577E88FC13; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 03:15:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F876170E5; Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:15:41 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:content-type :content-type:mime-version:references:reply-to:message-id :subject:subject:from:from:date:date:received; s=aegis; t= 1310008541; bh=30Gy9LkN7knxc4CSc08fmXxy9mAYPzm/Mvmrg/4iGWw=; b=C EYKFfD8P8rj6NyIjI8rFucM9Gdrn5mlEXWN++9Ah2Q52qpFY7O4Uwue1+7vCc3sv 9RclprZRqED6A/ks/n07/BvOVJcnjGe+raqsAs6+lNIW6obswbKniF7FTalBtlGa Rj6DavagAodj/KYEXJ4EpSZ8l6ciTIkxDpHMNq2NmA= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at spartan.hamla.org Received: from spartan.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spartan.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id fC2N4znTjGM1; Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:15:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:15:10 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon To: Alexey Dokuchaev Message-ID: <20110707031510.GC7489@magic.hamla.org> References: <201107040755.p647tS0b082384@repoman.freebsd.org> <20110704162342.GD5630@magic.hamla.org> <4E122F0C.4080000@FreeBSD.org> <20110705022932.GD6224@magic.hamla.org> <20110706072945.GB51480@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110706072945.GB51480@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/security/libotr Makefile ports/security/pidgin-otr Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sahil Tandon List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:15:15 -0000 On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 07:29:45 +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 10:29:33PM -0400, Sahil Tandon wrote: > > Is there an example of when either of these ports was bumped > > inappropriately? We should not be bumping PORTREVISION without good > > reason across *all* ports, so I want to understand why these two > > particular ports that you maintain are being singled out with explicit > > comments. > > I believe that Doug is trying to address very common problem these days when > careless committers bump port revisions without giving sufficient thinking > of whether it is really required. While you are absolutely right in that we > should not be bumping PORTREVISION without good reason across *all* ports, > in reality, not every one is willing to invest some of their time to think > about if PORTREVISION bump is due every time they commit to a port. Ah, ok. > Also, many low quality PRs are being automatically committed with only > minimal sanity check like tinderbox run. PORTREVISION is harmless and > cheap, so why bother? :-( I would say it's harmful! :) -- Sahil Tandon