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Date:      Thu, 6 Jan 2011 14:22:59 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>
To:        gahr@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/graphics/freeimage Makefile distinfo pkg-descr ports/graphics/freeimage/files patch-Source-LibOpenJPEG_opj_malloc.h
Message-ID:  <20110106032259.GB62507@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110104092747.GJ72669@gahrfit.gahr.ch>
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On 2011-Jan-04 10:27:47 +0100, Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch> wrote:
>Well I tend to disagree here. I see a commit message as a way to convey
>important notes about a commit.

And I see a commit message as explaining _why_ the change was made.

>I would like to avoid to have to write a line like this
>
>- add a patch file to fix an include line that used the deprecated
>  header alloc.h instead of stdlib.h
>
>for a patch file like this
>
>- #include <alloc.h>
>+ #include <stdlib.h>

OTOH, I would like to see such a patch file documented along the lines of:

- Patch to replace deprecated alloc.h with stdlib.h

(But I wouldn't make fuss if it was skipped).

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Peter Jeremy

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