Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:58:06 -0600 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org> Cc: 0mp@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r340722 - head/lib/libbe Message-ID: <CACNAnaG=uYPxy1%2B2TWzoMC3maFzpxz6Dgb=LSRBAs_y_RFFbXA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201811211654.wALGsAPT072769@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> References: <CACNAnaE=78KLnEM1R-EZd_S0Dbqc1dG2O_Drq5CrGUg4cdUuhA@mail.gmail.com> <201811211654.wALGsAPT072769@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:54 AM Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:19 AM Rodney W. Grimes > > <freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > > > > > > Author: 0mp (ports committer) > > > > Date: Wed Nov 21 11:22:44 2018 > > > > New Revision: 340722 > > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/340722 > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > libbe(3): Put each error value in separate line. > > > > > > > > As requested by a TODO in the source code. > > > > > > > > Reviewed by: bcr > > > > Approved by: krion (mentor, implicit), mat (mentor, implicit) > > > > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18063 > > > > > > Who with a src bit approved the commit to src? > > > > > > > I do want to clarify- bcr approved it in the review (explicitly with > > "... hereby approved!") -- are you mainly pointing out that he failed > > to annotate this properly in the commit, or is doc bit approval for a > > commit to a manpage in src insufficient? > > That is defanitly a bit of a grey area, from reading and re-reading > the commit bit page it is clear that a doc committer can commit > to src documentation, it is not clear if they can approve a commit > by someone else to the src tree, it does say > ""Approved by" from a non-mentored committer > with the appropriate bit" > > It probably would be fine to have said Approved by: bcr. > Agreed- I think this is fine given that it's within the scope of bcr's doc bit. > I still question what a out of scope commit that is > approved by: (mentor, implicit). I am not even sure > what that means in this context. Have his mentors > said he can commit anything anyplace without them > seeing it? If so then release the mentor/mentee bit > would be more appropriate? > I suspect it's that they're not interested in any doc changes he has, because they're not doc people. Well, mat@ is, but mat isn't mentoring him for docs, he's mentoring him for ports. Such approvals would just be rubber stamps anyways, because they as mentors might not necessarily be up-to-date on doc protocols.
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