Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:05:06 -0400 From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, fcp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FCP 20190401-ci_policy: CI policy Message-ID: <CAPyFy2CoOH2LTcOQ5mJw=TX1JWB9yBfxZMy%2BxMtAKvg4yCfGSw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201908291905.x7TJ5Bw8091371@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <CAOfEmZgEbT7ni80vWehHm%2B4oPyH3m%2Brb0M_VyxHmNM3rkhyG1Q@mail.gmail.com> <201908291905.x7TJ5Bw8091371@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 at 15:05, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > Here in lies one of the fundemental problems, this view by some that > a "revert commit is something bad, it is kind of punishment". That is > not true. Reverts are GREAT things, they allow the tree to be returned > to a known state, usually quicly. The original commit is STILL IN SVN, > and a bad revert can guess what.. be reverted!. Let me echo Rod here. I'm also very happy that this statement was made by one of the original FreeBSD committers. Reverting a change is not an insult, not a punishment, not something bad - it's simply an acknowledgement that some aspect of the change didn't meet expectations.
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