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Date:      Fri, 31 May 2002 01:55:08 +0300
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/gcc/config/i386 i386.h
Message-ID:  <20020530225508.GB29853@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020530110017.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20020529234552.A62266@dragon.nuxi.com> <XFMail.20020530110017.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On 2002-05-30 11:00 -0400, John Baldwin wrote:
> On 30-May-2002 David O'Brien wrote:
> > I believe a commit message should tell the why, not the way, the diff
> > gives that.
>
> You can always follow up with an e-mail reply to explain what the
> practical implications are, something like "This turns off the i386 #define,
> you should only be using __i386__." or something for us ignorant masses
> who don't know what the log message means. :)  I think that is all Alfred
> is asking for here.

But then, if something is worth mentioning, why not keep in where our
history is going... in the logs?

- Giorgos


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