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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