Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 22:23:47 +0000 From: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org Cc: Ryan Libby <rlibby@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 70e64ba44941 - main - release.sh: Update GITROOT URL Message-ID: <20201230222347.GF1206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <202012302118.0BULIuGd083574@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <CAHgpiFy2UrXeC5k=qUWEdusgGK_4M-mbi%2B9QKTpsteJFyNjeog@mail.gmail.com> <202012302118.0BULIuGd083574@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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--3607uds81ZQvwCD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 01:18:56PM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > First take your self OUT of developer mode, and into operations > and administration. >=20 > Take for example all the files in /etc, these files can easily > at present often be tracked back to exactly what release installed > them cause the $FreeBSD$ points you at it. These files are often > modified by local administrators, and with out knowing what version > they started out it is a crap shoot to ever figure it out unless > the local mods are minor and you get lucky. >=20 > Contractors are some times hired to go in and upgrade or clean up > after someone else did work, and not having this information and > telling them to go dig in git to try and figure out the state of > there system is pretty much a non-started, well at least it is for > me. >=20 This, IMHO, is a problem best solved with some sort of system configuration management tool (cfengine, puppet, custom management scripts, whatever your flavor of Kool-Aid is on that day), and not by a version control system, distributed or otherwise. Glen (Said with my sysadmin hat on) --3607uds81ZQvwCD0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEjRJAPC5sqwhs9k2jAxRYpUeP4pMFAl/s/e8ACgkQAxRYpUeP 4pOyqA//UQyXOTgdaPusbmXgxi1AMwAB4ZAJWqP47+Epb2qZt/Ii9sbPUoS0P5lQ El6+uhypbdvIovToQ0Gd64jM9sZCfQRnqLpQvB0Op+cNAnIXNfK+Nbn50mNhGtpH vx6cpklQB4EHyiQvlwa+McMoCs5Dj9cKggku+KJwQ+YhuStLU3fhvWGd/iVAhQNs pRhvr/Oz0Bssy+k3Ob+IQT2NHxjxAG/vnrSmDfw7fOyxYFbU/QxjpD1e3q7utqID g91iPKjP2Kh1dbYEn52gRT5Bc53O+53nDW5F69cXNyT7I6eq3yz1Dz4dljKvxdwl 9NJoMUz9UTXp4rHQm8FiI+XxDvH5cp/hR989Hr3mUJKjdbXI9KHJB2NK+PzKtSWr Yl049e5eFBOd3TtT8QqJHQ+U39Sr92mG85bVzXooei0Bjvk8R6fHWCkgqnSKNlAq x0Ego2EREumo2e5ZAXEBQ2Ngf9CRzuLtoF+HJKjG75yqsDsO8Qde+K+Kf1iQ+ER0 Ev/1f1g3clkeao5R8A3X4NnDs6RD0k18aYYYhEGSmUQa8sodSq2bhXd8Sj9ldbfW Sh8gVLc6lOnPQn9u4juSKU5LfjosTXCrjLcVeITws1fsY3ClhhtHlLI++Wk+CuEY 7WzNB4/jXIuy/1HjT+6faSLj1KeDjUAD4KlJNL7DMWJQn3L9RKA= =zo6T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3607uds81ZQvwCD0--
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