From owner-cvs-all Tue Nov 27 14:46:50 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DFC037B416; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:46:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 30B0214C54; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:46:38 +0100 (CET) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Maxim Sobolev Cc: mike@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, portmgr@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Meaningless commit messages [was: cvs commit: ports/www/linux-opera Makefile] References: <200111272221.AAA47815@ipcard.iptcom.net> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 27 Nov 2001 23:46:37 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200111272221.AAA47815@ipcard.iptcom.net> Message-ID: Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: > So, could you please explain me how from the above log one could > see "why he did it". My log message explains precisely why I made that commit. I do not consider the change itself necessary, but someone did, and chose to express his opinion in such a confrontational manner that I find it hard to regard him as a constructive contributor. A more elaborate explanation is that the commit was made to comply with one of the many arbitrary and idiosyncratic conventions that make working on the ports collection such a frustrating experience for many of us. I've been in so many flame wars over so much unecessary brokenness in the ports system over time that I've restricted my involvment in the ports collection to a strict minimum, and it will remain that way until TPTB demonstrate a willingness to fix broken tools instead of just adopting policies that shuffle such brokenness under the carpet, and refusing to acknowledge the existence and value of tools such as porteasy. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message