Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:05:53 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/gcc/config/i386 i386.h Message-ID: <XFMail.20020531090541.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020530225508.GB29853@hades.hell.gr>
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On 30-May-2002 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-05-30 11:00 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >> On 30-May-2002 David O'Brien wrote: >> > I believe a commit message should tell the why, not the way, the diff >> > gives that. >> >> You can always follow up with an e-mail reply to explain what the >> practical implications are, something like "This turns off the i386 #define, >> you should only be using __i386__." or something for us ignorant masses >> who don't know what the log message means. :) I think that is all Alfred >> is asking for here. > > But then, if something is worth mentioning, why not keep in where our > history is going... in the logs? Not everything worth mentioning is worth mentioning in the logs. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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