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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:22:42 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org>, Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com>, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/ipfilter HISTORY Makefile bpf_filter.c ip_fil.c ipf.h ipmon.h ipt.h kmem.h mlfk_rule.c opts.h radix.c radix_ipf.h snoop.h src/contrib/ipfilter/BSD Makefile Makefile.ipsend kupgrade src/contrib/ipfilter/iplang iplang_l.l ...
Message-ID:  <200608241522.43325.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <44EDCDD4.6070709@samsco.org>
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On Thursday 24 August 2006 12:03, Scott Long wrote:
> Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:36:28 +0200
> > Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 09:20:02AM -0400, Alexander Kabaev wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:37:12 +0000 (UTC)
> >>>Guido van Rooij <guido@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>guido       2006-08-24 07:37:12 UTC
> >>>>
> >>
> >>[..]
> >>
> >>
> >>>>  Log:
> >>>>  MFC: ipfilter 4.1.13
> >>>
> >>>This begs for a question: if ipfilter can not be updated without
> >>>breaking the tree anymore, does it belong there in the first place?
> >>
> >>We could of course also get rid of the tree ;)
> >>
> >>-Guido
> > 
> > Tree without ipfilter or ipfilter without tree - this is a
> > technicality.
> > 
> > Seriously though, I wonder how ipfilter is being tested before being
> > checked in? Past two commits by you suggested that no testing was done
> > at all. 
> > 
> 
> Missing an added file when doing a check-in is a forgivable mistake, 
> especially since Guido isn't the author and likely doesn't have as deep
> of an understanding of the changes as the author does.  And, I do highly
> appreciate that Guido is responding quickly to the problems.  The 
> process with ipfilter still isn't perfect, but it's definitely an
> improvement over the past.

Yes, this is the first import Guido has done, and I think it has gone well 
relatively speaking.  Overall I think ipfilter imports will become less 
eventful in the future than they have been in the past.

-- 
John Baldwin



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