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Date:      Tue, 04 Sep 2001 11:44:24 -0700
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To:        Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>
Cc:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man9 mutex.9 
Message-ID:  <20010904184430.0DB653E31@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <80960000.999628757@lobster.originative.co.uk>; from paul@freebsd-services.com on "Tue, 04 Sep 2001 19:39:17 %2B0100"

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Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com> wrote:
> --On Tuesday, September 04, 2001 03:18:46 -0700 Ruslan Ermilov
> <ru@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> > ru          2001/09/04 03:18:45 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     share/man/man9       mutex.9 
> >   Log:
> >   mdoc(7) police: Please don't commit when you are drunk!
> >   
> >   (Committer rules candidate.)
> 
> Commit messages should explain the change you made and should not be
> considered a short cut to send messages to the mailing list.

I think the second part really should be mentioned somewhere, since
often times it isn't followed.  It may be convenient to put short
questions or comments intended for the lists in a commit log (e.g.,
"does anybody know a better way to fix this?"), but it looks silly
when you're reading it in a `cvs log`.

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