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Date:      Mon, 8 Jul 2013 02:08:26 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r253002 - head
Message-ID:  <20130708020826.GA31063@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <51D9E57F.3090803@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201307072039.r67KdCdR028908@svn.freebsd.org> <9D4C7540-A3B0-45E5-8219-6A455D41DF70@gmail.com> <51D9DA55.2090808@freebsd.org> <51D9E069.5060300@FreeBSD.org> <51D9E2C0.6060603@freebsd.org> <51D9E57F.3090803@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 01:02:39AM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> I am sure that the next time you need to run the same thing you'll remember
> where you put the comment and you'll copy/paste from it.
> I am sure that if any other developer runs into the same situation, then he
> will:
> - google
> - ask on irc
> - ask on mailing lists
> - perhaps even read build(7)
> 
> I am sure that looking through the Makefile would be one of the last things
> on his mind.

It's quite on the contrary.  First people reach for comments/documentation;
only as a last resort they will use Google or ask on MLs.  Bad documentation
is probably one of the key of Google's success. :-)

./danfe

P.S.  You gotta be kidding us, right?



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