Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 17:38:12 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org>, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r505908 - in head/sysutils: . netevent netevent/files Message-ID: <201907060038.x660cCYb032750@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> of "Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:04:04 -0000." <20190706000355.GA19905@lonesome.com>
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In message <20190706000355.GA19905@lonesome.com>, Mark Linimon writes: > On Sat, Jul 06, 2019 at 01:51:25AM +0200, Jan Beich wrote: > > Those who bother reading commit logs also read actual diffs. > > It's true that I can read a whole diff, but I'd rather not have to scan > N lines to pick out the 2 lines that matter, to answer "what is this? > Should I care about it?" > > Also it's irritating to pull up the svn history of a port and see that > the first commit is merely "add port". Now I have to click on another > link and wait for that to come up. svnweb can be slow at times, too. A copy of or the first paragraph of pkg-descr would suffice. Agreed it saves a click. If doing svn log or git log one must stop, open another window to look at pkg-descr. A few extra words saves everyone a bit of time. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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