Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:21:05 EET From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: mike@FreeBSD.org Cc: des@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Meaningless commit messages [was: cvs commit: ports/www/linux-opera Makefile] Message-ID: <200111272221.AAA47815@ipcard.iptcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20011127163513.A12400@espresso.q9media.com>
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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". -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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