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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:09:56 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kurt Jaeger <pi@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r399250 - in head: . devel devel/mongo-cxx-driver devel/mongo-cxx-driver/files
Message-ID:  <20151016080956.GA69720@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20151015183603.GJ1019@fc.opsec.eu>
References:  <201510141111.t9EBBfLS022109@repo.freebsd.org> <20151015120250.GB43539@FreeBSD.org> <20151015172213.GI1019@fc.opsec.eu> <20151015173303.GC77492@FreeBSD.org> <20151015183603.GJ1019@fc.opsec.eu>

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On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 08:36:03PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > Nonetheless, I'd kindly ask you (and everyone else reading) to do "svn
> > cp" when resurrecting previously removed port, as instructed by PHB and
> > common sense, thank you.
> 
> On the one hand, you are right, we should all do it according to the books.
> 
> On the other hand, if it makes it too tiresome with only very little
> gain, why doing it ? [...]

Because adhering to a higher standard (even when it seems a nuisance) is
better in the long run.  It disciplines people.  It does not allow to bar
to drop.  Think of it as broken windows theory to see the point.

./danfe



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