Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 03:18:48 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT exclude Message-ID: <4322B308.90703@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050909195940.GA32217@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200509091936.j89JaUkA061400@repoman.freebsd.org> <4321E5DC.6020704@freebsd.org> <20050909195940.GA32217@dragon.NUXI.org>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:43:24PM -0700, Colin Percival wrote: >>Speaking of which, would it be possible for someone who knows the right >>magical incantations to disable this check entirely for security branches? >>It's much easier for us if we don't add $FreeBSD$ tags, but repeatedly >>toggling the exclude file seems rather silly. > > This seems against the spirit of a security branch. One reason we have > the $FreeBSD$ tags so one can tell what source built a particular binary. I see your point, but the number of people who would rely upon being able to search for $FreeBSD$ tags is small -- and that approach won't work at all for people who downloaded the patches from ftp.freebsd.org instead of using CVSup. Colin Percival
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