Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 11:53:56 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm phys_pager.c Message-ID: <3A2EFBC4.EE8D90B1@newsguy.com> References: <20001205145908.K8051@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.SUN.3.91.1001205180108.24320A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> <20001205152054.M8051@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > And who exactly would bump into this problem except me? God, how many times was the world broken because of a mistake during commit, a missing file, a different version being committed than the one intended, a last minute addition that couldn't possibly go wrong (and was anyway), etc? I'm about to violate mailing lists charter, but I think it is appropriate here. Alfred, *shit happens*. And it should never, ever, not by accident, not in any case, happen on -stable. That's why there is -current, and that's why one should wait between -current and -stable commits. Given all the facts, a wait of one or two weeks would certainly not be called for, but give it a day, for Christ sake. You said yourself that this has been broken for months. The value of fixing it one day earlier, especially since it seems, from what you said yourself, only you have stumbled upon it, is far less than the risk of accidentally breaking world. And, far greater than both, is the value of _discipline_. As a committer, you have a lot of power over our source tree, and, with that, comes responsibility and the necessity of working well with the other committers. Breaking the few established rules we have because _you_ think they don't apply in a particular case goes against both. > I think a bit more faith in my work would be nice. If we didn't have faith in your work, you wouldn't be a committer. A bit more faith in the few rules we have, for a good reason, would go a long way. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@the.great.underground.bsdconpiracy.org "The bronze landed last, which canceled that method of impartial choice." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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