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Date:      Fri, 24 May 2019 06:48:52 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>,Kubilay Kocak <koobs@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r502461 - in head/www/chromium: . files
Message-ID:  <D1ACE4B9-14D9-41CF-9CB1-3B3FC4253895@cschubert.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190524125813.GA80150@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201905241234.x4OCYwWJ055964@repo.freebsd.org> <20190524124243.GA55965@FreeBSD.org> <03e929e1-4f54-3017-1629-3965dd63ee17@FreeBSD.org> <20190524125813.GA80150@FreeBSD.org>

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On May 24, 2019 5:58:13 AM PDT, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd=2Eorg> wrot=
e:
>On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 10:47:36PM +1000, Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>> On 24/05/2019 10:42 pm, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>> > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:34:58PM +0000, Rene Ladan wrote:
>> >> New Revision: 502461
>> >> URL: https://svnweb=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/changeset/ports/502461
>> >>
>> >> Log:
>> >>    www/chromium: update to 74=2E0=2E3729=2E157
>> >>   =20
>> >>    Submitted by:	Matthias Wolf via GitHub (#150 #151)
>> >>    MFH:		2019Q2
>> >=20
>> > Many patches that were modified only changed in metainfo or context
>> > (+/- few lines) and thus just cluttered this very noisy commit for
>> > no real benefit=2E
>> >=20
>> > Please try to exclude them from the commit batch next time to
>reduce
>> > amount of repochurn=2E
>>=20
>> fwiw, makepatch is now ignoring metadata only changes=2E Not sure when
>> this new feature crept in=2E
>
>Technically, line changes are not strictly metadata only changes, and
>the old patch might not apply=2E  However, most of the times new address
>is within a few lines, and patch(1) can easily find the right context
>even when address is off by several hundred lines=2E
>
>It might not be very important for small commit batch, but for large
>commits, minizing the diff becomes essential since it greatly helps
>to understand, rollback, or/and replay changes (especially if there
>is some local work in place, e=2Eg=2E some custom patches)=2E
>
>=2E/danfe

+1=2E

Anyone reviewing the history months or years from now will have a much har=
der time parsing out the significant parts of this commit from the gratuito=
us=2E


--=20
Pardon the typos and autocorrect, small keyboard in use=2E
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy=2ESchubert@cschubert=2Ecom>
FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD=2Eorg> Web: http://www=2EFreeBSD=2Eorg

	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few=2E



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