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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:48:53 -0000
From:      Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>
To:        Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: CVSROOT access
Message-ID:  <302930000.1006883333@lobster.originative.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20011115191138.K35048@klapaucius.zer0.org>
References:  <200111151810.fAFIAf931515@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011115133402.1877A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20011115191138.K35048@klapaucius.zer0.org>

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--On Thursday, November 15, 2001 19:11:38 -0800 Gregory Sutter
<gsutter@zer0.org> wrote:

> On 2001-11-15 13:36 -0500, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> 
>> It strikes me that the CVSROOT/access commit messages are getting less
>> and less readable over time.  While I appreciate the benefits of a good
>> joke, it might make sense to avoid obfuscating the real content of the
>> message when doing so.  It seems like there are a few basic questions
>> that need to be answered for new committers: 
>> 
>> (1) Who will their mentor be
>> (2) What will they be doing
>> (3) What kind of committer are they (ports, src, ...)
> 
> 4. Their username
> 
> I actually enjoy the flavorful CVSROOT/access logs as one of the
> interesting social features of the FreeBSD community.  Perhaps
> we could make welcome both the hard data and the jokes, history,

Is there any reason why they have to go into the cvs logs though?

The social aspects of the project should stay in the mailing lists and be
kept out of the cvs logs.

Paul Richards
FreeBSD Services Ltd
http://www.freebsd-services.com

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