Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:35:26 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r397316 - in head/graphics: . pikopixel Message-ID: <20150919153526.GB94614@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1207D78B-4C60-4AC4-829B-C51D812370EB@FreeBSD.org> References: <201509191058.t8JAwta3045896@repo.freebsd.org> <20150919115554.GB99928@FreeBSD.org> <1207D78B-4C60-4AC4-829B-C51D812370EB@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 04:24:36PM +0100, David Chisnall wrote: > On 19 Sep 2015, at 12:55, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Not to pick on David in particular, but I've started to notice these > > one-line "port foobar added" commits with not a single bit of > > explanation what is that thing. Please add a few words, e.g. an > > excerpt from pkg-descr or COMMENT. > > Given that the commit include the *entire* contents of pkg-descr and > COMMENT, wouldn't such a thing be somewhat redundant? With respect, no. Commit *mail* does include it; third-party aggregators like FreshPorts or some RSS feed would typically only quote commit log. It really helps to attract attention; maybe that's something I've been looking for some time, but scarce commit log would just not trigger it. ./danfe
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