Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:49:04 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: phk@phk.freebsd.dk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, rwatson@FreeBSD.org, ddkprog@yahoo.com Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir Message-ID: <20100307.144904.1125936742922092260.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20100307054423.GE70613@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <3620.1267780989@critter.freebsd.dk> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003050940290.5181@fledge.watson.org> <20100307054423.GE70613@dragon.NUXI.org>
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In message: <20100307054423.GE70613@dragon.NUXI.org> "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> writes: : On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 09:41:40AM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: : > On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: : >> In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003050912340.5181@fledge.watson.org>, Robert : >> Watso n writes: : >>> Doing that kind of rearrangement [...] would be a nightmare for anyone : >>> with large [...] patches, so I'd say we could pretty much rule that out : >>> outright. : >> : >> I would say that we should do it occasionally, to encourage these FreeBSD : >> users to contribute as many of their local changes back to the project, as : >> possible :-) : > : > Absolutely -- and rearranging a tree is a good way to invalidate all those : > patches as well :-). : : No, not it isn't. Provide a script to convert path's in the diff. : This is what $LARGE_FREEBSD_USER did when it rearranged it source tree. You are joking, right? This would be a nightmare for people that integrate early and often. Warner
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