Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:50:57 -0500 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Categorizing commit messages Message-ID: <19981120155057.A29272@rtfm.net> In-Reply-To: <19981120092813.H467@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 09:28:13AM %2B1030 References: <19981120092813.H467@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 09:28:13AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > I suppose about 100 commit messages get sent out every day. We're all > exhorted to read every one of them. I try to do that, but I'm sure I > miss some important stuff. Looking at what I've had over the last few > months, I'd estimate the following breakdown: > > 1. Typos, cosmetic changes. About 20% > 2. Minor bug fixes, style changes. About 30%. > 3. Major bug fixes. About 10% > 4. New functionality in existing software. About 5%. > 5. New software (mainly ports, but also things like CAM, etc). About > 35%. > > These differences are relatively easy to recognize, but you have to > read *all* the messages to find out. How about a field in the commit > message which says what kind of change it is? This is more important > than just being able to find out what has changed: documentation, > including release notes, also depends on it. > > Comments? Ideas? Definitely a great idea. It would be great to have procmail sort the important messages out and put them in a separate folder/flag them. This way on a tight schedule you could know in advance which you should look at and which can be safely saved till later. > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key -- ________________ ___________________________________________ / Nathan Dorfman \ / "`IE4 brings the web to UNIX'? *laughing* / nathan@rtfm.net \/ Isn't that similar to Ronald McDonald bringing / finger for PGP key \ religion to the pope?" -Jamie Bowden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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