From owner-cvs-user Mon Aug 19 19:41:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-cvs-user Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA07220 for cvs-user-outgoing; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:41:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA07214; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:40:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com ([206.127.76.100]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with ESMTP id SAA14141; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:51:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA18527; Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:19:25 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 18:19:25 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199608200019.SAA18527@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: Peter Wemm Cc: Nate Williams , Paul Traina , CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-user@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/tcpdump addrtoname.c print-isoclns.c In-Reply-To: <199608200014.IAA21614@spinner.DIALix.COM> References: <199608192159.PAA17988@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199608200014.IAA21614@spinner.DIALix.COM> Sender: owner-cvs-user@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I thought the idea of doing the 'contrib' thing was that we were > > supposed to create 'patches' to the sources, rather than patching the > > sources directly. If we patch the sources directly, were in the *exact* > > same boat we were in except the sources live in src/contrib. > > It would be a reasonable assumption that everybody's misunderstood at > least something, especially since it's new and not much uses it yet. > > The policy.sgml doc in the handbook that was generated from what was > proposed on the lists says that the 3rd party code goes on the vendor > branch and any freebsd specific changes go on the local branch, and that > the freebsd changes should be kept as small as practical. So how is this any different from the previos behavior of doing vendor branches inside the tree? Nate