Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:34:23 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, des@FreeBSD.org, mike@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Meaningless commit messages [was: cvs commit: ports/www/linu Message-ID: <XFMail.011127143423.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200111272221.AAA47815@ipcard.iptcom.net>
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On 28-Nov-01 Maxim Sobolev wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:35:13 -0500, Mike Barcroft wrote: >> Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> 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." > > So, could you please explain me how from the above log one could > see "why he did it". He did it to "pander to the backseat drivers." Obviously. :) I think you missed the sarcasm Mike was using in his original mail. > -Maxim -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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