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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

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