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Date:      Sun, 14 Jun 1998 00:52:04 +0900
From:      Masafumi NAKANE/=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= <max@wide.ad.jp>
To:        nash@mcs.net
Cc:        max@wide.ad.jp
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/bochs Makefile ports/emulators/boch s/pkg         PLIST
Message-ID:  <19980614005204R.masafumi@aslm.rim.or.jp>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 7 Jun 1998 09:31:34 -0500 (CDT)" <199806071431.JAA06736@nash.pr.mcs.net>
References:  <199806071431.JAA06736@nash.pr.mcs.net>

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     > On  7 Jun, Donald Burr wrote:
    >> dburr       1998/06/07 02:32:33 PDT
    >> 
    >> Modified files:
    >> emulators/bochs      Makefile 
    >> emulators/bochs/pkg  PLIST 
    >> Log:
    >> Upgrade to bochs-980513a.
[SNIP]

     > Given that the port was upgraded to 980513a 3 weeks ago (which you
     > didn't notice), I would guess that you:

To avoid such mistake, and make it easy for others to notice if such
mistakes are made, committers are encouraged to put something like:


   Upgrade from 0.1 to 0.2.  (or alike)

in the commit log.

I remember Satoshi was once saying that this sort of commit log makes
his life a bit easier when he has to clean up the distfiles
directory.  So I've been saying  `Upgrade, old version -> new
version''.

     Cheers,
Max

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