Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:04:31 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 fdc.4 Message-ID: <20061031110431.GO1690@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20061031084630.GA57441@gothmog.pc> References: <200610301701.k9UH1GOL081849@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061030234135.GN1690@submonkey.net> <20061031084630.GA57441@gothmog.pc>
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:46:30AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2006-10-30 23:41, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 05:01:16PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > > keramida 2006-10-30 17:01:16 UTC
> > >
> > > FreeBSD src repository (doc committer)
> > >
> > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_6)
> > > share/man/man4 fdc.4
> > > Log:
> > > The correct date for RELENG_X manpages is not the last time the
> > > manpage was modified in the RELENG_X branch, but its last
> > > modification date in HEAD.
> >
> > That means that every MFC I've done (recently, but possibly ever) is
> > wrong... Will need some time to go through them all.
>
> Well it depends. Ruslan has kindly explained this in better
> words, so I'm copying him here:
>
> % Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:37:24 +0300
> % From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
> % Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 fdc.4
> % To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
> %
> % On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 05:01:16PM +0000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> % > keramida 2006-10-30 17:01:16 UTC
> % >
> % > FreeBSD src repository (doc committer)
> % >
> % > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_6)
> % > share/man/man4 fdc.4
> % > Log:
> % > The correct date for RELENG_X manpages is not the last time the
> % > manpage was modified in the RELENG_X branch, but its last
> % > modification date in HEAD.
> % >
> % > Suggested by: ru
> % > Approved by: re (bmah)
> % >
> % > Revision Changes Path
> % > 1.34.8.2 +1 -1 src/share/man/man4/fdc.4
> %
> % This is correct in case of MFC -- if you're making a RELENG_X
> % specific change then the date should be update to the date of
> % change in RELENG_X. Well, a common sense actually applies. ;)
>
> It makes sense, now that I've thought a bit about it.
>
> If you are 'pulling changes over' from another branch, you are
> definitely modifying the file, but these changes were 'conceived'
> at the date they were made in the original branch. Or something
> like that, anyway :)
Makes sense.
> I don't think we have to go through each one of our MFC commits
> and retrospectively 'fix' that, because this will generate a huge
> number of commits!
Phew!
Ceri
--
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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