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Date:      Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:58:06 -0600
From:      Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@freebsd.org>
Cc:        0mp@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org,  src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r340722 - head/lib/libbe
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:54 AM Rodney W. Grimes
<freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 10:19 AM Rodney W. Grimes
> > <freebsd@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Author: 0mp (ports committer)
> > > > Date: Wed Nov 21 11:22:44 2018
> > > > New Revision: 340722
> > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/340722
> > > >
> > > > Log:
> > > >   libbe(3): Put each error value in separate line.
> > > >
> > > >   As requested by a TODO in the source code.
> > > >
> > > >   Reviewed by:        bcr
> > > >   Approved by:        krion (mentor, implicit), mat (mentor, implicit)
> > > >   Differential Revision:      https://reviews.freebsd.org/D18063
> > >
> > > Who with a src bit approved the commit to src?
> > >
> >
> > I do want to clarify- bcr approved it in the review (explicitly with
> > "... hereby approved!") -- are you mainly pointing out that he failed
> > to annotate this properly in the commit, or is doc bit approval for a
> > commit to a manpage in src insufficient?
>
> That is defanitly a bit of a grey area, from reading and re-reading
> the commit bit page it is clear that a doc committer can commit
> to src documentation, it is not clear if they can approve a commit
> by someone else to the src tree, it does say
>         ""Approved by" from a non-mentored committer
>          with the appropriate bit"
>
> It probably would be fine to have said Approved by: bcr.
>

Agreed- I think this is fine given that it's within the scope of bcr's doc bit.

> I still question what a out of scope commit that is
> approved by: (mentor, implicit).  I am not even sure
> what that means in this context.  Have his mentors
> said he can commit anything anyplace without them
> seeing it?  If so then release the mentor/mentee bit
> would be more appropriate?
>

I suspect it's that they're not interested in any doc changes he has,
because they're not doc people. Well, mat@ is, but mat isn't mentoring
him for docs, he's mentoring him for ports. Such approvals would just
be rubber stamps anyways, because they as mentors might not
necessarily be up-to-date on doc protocols.



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