From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 13:00:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09C8810656EC for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 13:00:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf2006a@yahoo.com) Received: from web39108.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web39108.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.87.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 146C08FC20 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 13:00:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf2006a@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 80390 invoked by uid 60001); 26 May 2009 13:00:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1243342846; bh=tGSIdN4SYUCricA+kUtW2Nd/JR8vVThuxSZ3yHVUT/A=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=TVh9Irflp4KTwgtz3DbRz/3Ip3S8YqNgwXj3waKPH61UVM02x+L5RGeTS8JDAav6egQd8DRxhpvsodJXoxIKv06hdfQ0p6fR7LKcUSssF+X7lnHjhmW6raE5zK5NFC82nfQG0h0Jkpp9q7kDp7tXfp5y6rzovy330RschK6YrFg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Ya13tHK456xsDNFEsMdDAXIBYRqt2tKgLGeE8aGa7tPvn38sN5GauMmBf/Bse0T2J6lt4sAZQwLIJJb1orD2831hPrSsTbhPgVzpoxS2PBc/4LM3Ay2D9EwLbp0+E4YQoFQMgPjpgglusPi5YMO20l3rJEWxvl5n9m7m/B3ePqQ=; Message-ID: <599491.72139.qm@web39108.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: UwWX71QVM1mwprpKPk95O7eBkdYt_CjDvQ.9UOgIqnw5BpGFQZqL6Lj2R3PctBr2HgaHU613C8HRwnWJ2.55b.nVNQw8Co9g5MXrJeH24NHd.ORMOi5Z.Thd6o5MFYXHP4AhLmJRXWl2PoJCG1pKK3G0qKyWV.QPGF5BLehjnyTe.fs3G85vakNJMRiEBArVoo4CqCQYS4dCMOxXR0.V_yCGn1.eOdxNPkWDnwfaDUOHZIJj_SGXd7kDSeTo92o9TXEiJyiFV0MZYtq82TJEfbBfMzU0NvBmxK8Md.6xTA9.QfpbqVRmiQ-- Received: from [209.162.35.64] by web39108.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 26 May 2009 06:00:46 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.3.9 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.10 Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 06:00:46 -0700 (PDT) From: bf To: Daniel O'Connor MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-all@freebsd.org, markm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r192774 - head/sys/dev/random X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:00:49 -0000 --- On Mon, 5/25/09, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > From: Daniel O'Connor > Subject: Re: svn commit: r192774 - head/sys/dev/random > To: cvs-all@freebsd.org > Cc: "bf" , svn-src-all@freebsd.org, markm@freebsd.org > Date: Monday, May 25, 2009, 10:45 PM > On Tue, 26 May 2009, bf wrote: > > > Log: > > >=A0 =A0 There is rubbish here > > >=A0 =A0 It is now time to take it out > > >=A0 =A0 Now it is cleaner > > > > There is indeed rubbish here.=A0 If you are going > to > > write doggerel for commit messages, could you at > > least make the messages succinct and informative? >=20 > Obviously artistic appreciation is a dying art. >=20 > Posters to email lists > Can sometimes be very impolite > Appreciate developers! >=20 > (Hmm I suck at Haikus) >=20 Poetry, in the hands of anyone but a genius, does not lend itself to the concise conveyance of technical details that is supposed to be found in a commit log message. Most poetasters become more concerned with their prosody than with the content of their message, with unfortunate consequences. Happily for them, there is still Crambo, and the vanity publishing industry (which is now cheaper than ever before with the Web.) Your friendly neighborhood Philistine, b.=0A=0A=0A