Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 29 May 2016 15:29:49 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r416053 - head/Mk/Uses
Message-ID:  <20160529152949.GA88078@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160528200254.GI1036@fc.opsec.eu>
References:  <201605281719.u4SHJiAa008852@repo.freebsd.org> <6084DC9FC0E493931C0C3D6B@atuin.in.mat.cc> <20160528200254.GI1036@fc.opsec.eu>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 10:02:55PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > [...]
> > I should explain a bit more.
> > 
> > This goes against the Right Way Of Doing Things(c)(r)(tm).
> > 
> > To add a target to be run in the targets pipeline, you use _USES_xxx, you
> > never, ever, piggyback on an existing target, especially if you're not
> > using it.
> > 
> > So, please, back this out.
> 
> Done. I'm not sure *why* the kde folks requested this change
> in the first place, so I'll ask them.

In this case I'm even more puzzled: why commit a change that you don't fully
understand?  You should've asked them before committing, not after.

Writing proper commit messages also helps: lack of "why" clause (or inability
to come up with one) indicates that change is probably not committable yet.

./danfe



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20160529152949.GA88078>