Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:31:02 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <20000824013102.B1209@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <6191.967105380@critter>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 10:23:00AM %2B0200 References: <00Aug24.085126est.115204@border.alcanet.com.au> <6191.967105380@critter>
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* Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> [000824 01:24] wrote: > In message <00Aug24.085126est.115204@border.alcanet.com.au>, Peter Jeremy writes: > > > >An alternative viewpoint is that the commit messages should be > >adequate to explain the change without reference to the source. > > Unless they contain the diff they will never *quite* be adequate > for all uses, and in general I would prefer not to have commit > messages be verbose enough to reach that target. > > One diff is worth at least DEV_BSIZE words :-) I agree, but only for seasoned developers, for newbies tracking our CVS lists it serves as a running commentary that can prove invaluable for training and recruiting new talent. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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