Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:41:31 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, obrien@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT exclude Message-ID: <4322B85B.2070203@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050910103237.GD53891@cell.sick.ru> References: <200509091936.j89JaUkA061400@repoman.freebsd.org> <4321E5DC.6020704@freebsd.org> <20050909195940.GA32217@dragon.NUXI.org> <4322B308.90703@freebsd.org> <20050910103237.GD53891@cell.sick.ru>
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Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 03:18:48AM -0700, Colin Percival wrote: > C> I see your point, but the number of people who would rely upon being able > C> to search for $FreeBSD$ tags is small -- and that approach won't work at > C> all for people who downloaded the patches from ftp.freebsd.org instead of > C> using CVSup. > > I don't agree that number of people who would use $FreeBSD$ tags is small. > > Concerning patched on FTP: why we don't supply patches that change RCS Id? Two reasons: 1. Those patches are generated (and often uploaded to ftp-master) before the CVS commits are done. 2. Where possible, we provide a single patch which applies to multiple branches, and this wouldn't be possible if we needed to include branch-specific RCS Id tags. Colin Percival
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