From owner-cvs-all Tue Nov 27 13:36: 6 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from espresso.q9media.com (espresso.q9media.com [216.254.138.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F2437B42F; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:35:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mike@localhost) by espresso.q9media.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fARLZDh12657; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:35:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:35:13 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft To: Maxim Sobolev Cc: des@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Meaningless commit messages [was: cvs commit: ports/www/linux-opera Makefile] Message-ID: <20011127163513.A12400@espresso.q9media.com> References: <200111271749.fARHnG165639@freefall.freebsd.org> <200111272030.WAA04863@ipcard.iptcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200111272030.WAA04863@ipcard.iptcom.net>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 10:30:14PM +0200 Organization: The FreeBSD Project 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 Maxim Sobolev writes: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:49:16 -0800 (PST), Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > des 2001/11/27 09:49:16 PST > > > > Modified files: > > www/linux-opera Makefile > > Log: > > Pander to the backseat drivers. > > Could you please use more meaningful commit messages? For > example it is absolutely impossible to guess what this > commit is all about without looking at the diff. From the Committers Guide: "Do not waste space in the commit messages explaining what you did. That is what cvs diff is for. Instead, tell us why you did it." Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message