Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 12:28:36 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Process for requesting reverting patch? Message-ID: <20070513192836.GA94258@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <86646wzfv0.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20070513175425.GA64710@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <864pmg1t1s.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20070513183009.GA96018@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <86646wzfv0.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:24:35PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes: > > On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 08:23:43PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > > > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes: > > > > What is the formal process to get a recent commit to -current > > > > reverted? Do I send email to core? > > > You start by talking to the person who did the commit. That much should > > > be obvious. > > I would expect a committer, who changes something as important as > > the default shell in FreeBSD, to read the freebsd-current mailing > > list and the PR database. > > I would expect a committer such as yourself to know that there are > better ways to approach this than posting to -current and threatening to > take the matter to core@. > I'm not a committer to the FreeBSD repository. I either submit patches to fix problems or code for missing library routines. In this particular case, reverting the tcsh import is the correct fix (IMHO). I also didn't threaten anyone or anything. I simply wanted to know what the procedure is for getting code reverted. -- Steve
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