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Date:      Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:31:25 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
Cc:        Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/security/vuxml vuln.xml
Message-ID:  <20040311183125.GA7973@lum.celabo.org>
In-Reply-To: <4050AD93.6080904@fillmore-labs.com>
References:  <200403111722.i2BHMXZV076423@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040311180138.GD7809@lum.celabo.org> <4050AD93.6080904@fillmore-labs.com>

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On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:18:59PM +0100, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:22:33AM -0800, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> >
> >>eik         2004/03/11 09:22:33 PST
> >>
> >> FreeBSD ports repository
> >>
> >> Modified files:
> >>   security/vuxml       vuln.xml 
> >> Log:
> >> add a modified tag to vid 09d418db-70fd-11d8-873f-0020ed76ef5a
> >> 
> >> Revision  Changes    Path
> >> 1.37      +1 -0      ports/security/vuxml/vuln.xml
> >
> >
> >In addition, the modified entry should be sorted to the top.
> 
> Is this really desirable? It is much harder to see the diffs in CVS then.

Yes, that is a downside.  However, it is imperative unless we are
willing to force all tools to scan the entire file each time for
updates.  With the chronological sorting, tools can stop once they see a
date older than the latest entry that they encountered on the last scan.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@freebsd.org



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