From owner-cvs-all Thu Nov 19 14:58:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03417 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:58:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03405 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 14:58:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA21271 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:28:20 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA03057; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:28:14 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981120092813.H467@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 09:28:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Categorizing commit messages Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I suppose about 100 commit messages get sent out every day. We're all exhorted to read every one of them. I try to do that, but I'm sure I miss some important stuff. Looking at what I've had over the last few months, I'd estimate the following breakdown: 1. Typos, cosmetic changes. About 20% 2. Minor bug fixes, style changes. About 30%. 3. Major bug fixes. About 10% 4. New functionality in existing software. About 5%. 5. New software (mainly ports, but also things like CAM, etc). About 35%. These differences are relatively easy to recognize, but you have to read *all* the messages to find out. How about a field in the commit message which says what kind of change it is? This is more important than just being able to find out what has changed: documentation, including release notes, also depends on it. Comments? Ideas? Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message