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Date:      Fri, 9 Mar 2007 04:16:34 +0300
From:      "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Mark Linimon" <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org>, cvs-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm Makefile ports/x11-wm/wmii Makefile ports/x11-wm/wmii-devel Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/x11-
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In-Reply-To: <20070309005021.GA25328@soaustin.net>
References:  <200703082025.l28KPtnW061532@repoman.freebsd.org> <45F0343D.26013.156E5B04@dan.langille.org> <45F081D8.5040202@FreeBSD.org> <20070308220513.GB976@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20070308141025.H28436@ync.qbhto.arg> <20070308235307.GA23281@soaustin.net> <cb5206420703081621jb3329aewe9789e55f20ea173@mail.gmail.com> <20070309005021.GA25328@soaustin.net>

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On 3/9/07, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 03:21:55AM +0300, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> > >That's been the policy as long as I know.
> >
> > We've had a thread in November about this with
> > no particular ending. Did I miss anything?
>
> AFAIAC it's the policy.

Right, but we're not alone. I'm not against putting
additional info in CVS (I would prefer this to be
automated, though), but unless it's set in stone
many committers will continue to choose the easiest
way - do nothing.

> How else, on repocopies, can you tell from the
> CVS logs what happened?
>
> This is a workaround for the obsolete model that
> CVS has.

We survived enough repocopies without any special
forced commits to know that they are not vital.
Committer's Guide [1] does not suggest them.


[1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.html#AEN1335



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