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Date:      18 Mar 1996 15:05:54 -0600
From:      "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net>
To:        "stable@FreeBSD.org" <stable@FreeBSD.org>, "Wes Santee" <wsantee@wsantee.oz.net>
Subject:   Re: On commit messages for Stable...
Message-ID:  <n1384960931.55019@Richard Wackerbarth>

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Wes Santee wrote:

> After writing up the original request for a CVS commit list for the
> -stable branch only, and seeing the ensuing discussion on the pros and
> cons of it all, I just wanted to add that if a -stable only mailing
> list isn't going to happen, is there a line in the commit messages or
> some other way of telling that a piece is being checked into the
> -stable branch?  
> 
> I notice many commit messages I get don't say anything about what
> branch the files are being checked into, while some I've received
> recently say the branch is RELENG_2_1_0.
> 
> If there is a surefire way to see if something is being checked into
> -stable, I can write a procmail recipe to filter on the stuff I want
> to see which may be a compromise that we all can agree on.

But it is little effort to install that same procmail filter to cause the
passed messages to be posted to a separate mailing list. This would have the
advantage of reducing the mail traffic at the source rather than the
destination.




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