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Date:      Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:38:15 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <netchild@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: ff0c7816db69 - main - Remove UPDATING entries from old branches.
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfrRGqbUHxbNf4wajzK07D0Uem9av%2BuC1Ja-x-kiGmfFrA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 12:22 PM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 09:41:28AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote:
> > Please revert this. We keep older updating entries on purpose.
>
> +1, I was also quite shocked by this commit.  I've always relied
> on UPDATING to stretch to the dawn of times and see no reason
> to trim it.  It's in reverse chronological order so if you don't
> need older entries, you don't have to read of skip through them,
> but please leave them in place for those who do.
>

We have trimmed stuff in the past, and while a trim is needed, this trim
did way too much.

Warner

./danfe
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 25, 2022, 12:22 PM Alexey Dokuchaev &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:danfe@freebsd.org">danfe@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:=
1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 09:41:28AM -0700, =
Warner Losh wrote:<br>
&gt; Please revert this. We keep older updating entries on purpose.<br>
<br>
+1, I was also quite shocked by this commit.=C2=A0 I&#39;ve always relied<b=
r>
on UPDATING to stretch to the dawn of times and see no reason<br>
to trim it.=C2=A0 It&#39;s in reverse chronological order so if you don&#39=
;t<br>
need older entries, you don&#39;t have to read of skip through them,<br>
but please leave them in place for those who do.<br></blockquote></div></di=
v><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">We have trimmed stuff in th=
e past, and while a trim is needed, this trim did way too much.</div><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Warner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex">
./danfe<br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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