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Date:      Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:04:39 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
To:        Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com>, =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Ermal_Lu=E7i?= <eri@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r313675 - in head/sys: netinet netinet6
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1702131504060.52731@woozle.rinet.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20170212183327.GA2002@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <gnn@neville-neil.com> <53D3A92C-6C64-4C0C-A5E6-B659BFA139BF@neville-neil.com> <201702121624.v1CGOQGr009733@slippy.cwsent.com> <20170212183327.GA2002@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, 12 Feb 2017, Glen Barber wrote:

[snip previous]

> > I didn't read this when I hit send on my email. Hopefully nobody takes 
> > offense. I was upset and still am.
> > 
> > I still think that the revision numbers of any backout should have been 
> > documented in the commit log.
> > 
> 
> I absolutely agree, and was the key meaning behind my "what exactly does
> this mean?" reply.  The commit log, as-is, provides nothing useful to
> the reader.
> 
> > Something we could do, as is expected by re@ for commits during a freeze, 
> > is metees also let their mentors know of what the contents of commit log 
> > messages will be. I think commit log messages discussing the what, why and 
> > rationale are as important as the code itself.
> > 
> 
> I thought this was standard practice.  But if not, I would agree that
> both code changes and the commit log should be both approved by the
> mentor.

Shouldn't we then emphacise this in the Committer's Guide?

-- 
Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
[ FreeBSD committer:                                 marck@FreeBSD.org ]
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