Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 17:19:42 +0000 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Subject: Re: CURRENT, usr/src on git, howto "mergemaster"? Message-ID: <20210106171942.GB9919@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <X/Wd5uVl0/oNVCbS@bastion.zyxst.net> References: <CANCZdfqPzjUt9Vcw2DsoM0470CcbWe0z15RcMBczJeQpJqF6EQ@mail.gmail.com> <0F14842F-2C85-4ED3-B4C9-D2AA12A55464@gmail.com> <20210104185914.GA19556@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <b255fc6b-f5f7-fc91-5594-ad67bb98fd9d@freebsd.org> <X/Wd5uVl0/oNVCbS@bastion.zyxst.net>
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On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 11:24:22AM +0000, tech-lists wrote: > >Moreover mergemaster is still officially documented and recommend as > >only right method in FreeBSD handbook. See > >https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html. > >World is moving, we may have new tools but each deprecation should be, > >in this order: > >1) well announced > >2) adjusted in the handbook > >3) implemeted > > Really +1 to this, times a thousand. Especially the 2nd point which > I think I'd be right in thinking is the source of truth? It also talks > extensively about svn and yet 12-stable has been on git for a month > nearly, and the svn repo has not been updated since. It's _a_ source of truth but it, like everything else, is maintained by volunteers. The only _real_ source of truth is the commits. mcl
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