From owner-cvs-all Tue Nov 27 9:49: 1 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mailgate.originative.co.uk (mailgate.originative.co.uk [62.232.68.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 329FB37B405; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:48:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from lobster.originative.co.uk (lobster [62.232.68.81]) by mailgate.originative.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 725501D169; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:48:53 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:48:53 -0000 From: Paul Richards To: Gregory Sutter , Robert Watson Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT access Message-ID: <302930000.1006883333@lobster.originative.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20011115191138.K35048@klapaucius.zer0.org> References: <200111151810.fAFIAf931515@freefall.freebsd.org> <20011115191138.K35048@klapaucius.zer0.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.1.1 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --On Thursday, November 15, 2001 19:11:38 -0800 Gregory Sutter wrote: > On 2001-11-15 13:36 -0500, Robert Watson wrote: >> >> It strikes me that the CVSROOT/access commit messages are getting less >> and less readable over time. While I appreciate the benefits of a good >> joke, it might make sense to avoid obfuscating the real content of the >> message when doing so. It seems like there are a few basic questions >> that need to be answered for new committers: >> >> (1) Who will their mentor be >> (2) What will they be doing >> (3) What kind of committer are they (ports, src, ...) > > 4. Their username > > I actually enjoy the flavorful CVSROOT/access logs as one of the > interesting social features of the FreeBSD community. Perhaps > we could make welcome both the hard data and the jokes, history, Is there any reason why they have to go into the cvs logs though? The social aspects of the project should stay in the mailing lists and be kept out of the cvs logs. Paul Richards FreeBSD Services Ltd http://www.freebsd-services.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message