39 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-currentRe: shouting in a void? | From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Snob Art Genre | Sep 20, 1998 11:18 am | |
| Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai | Sep 20, 1998 12:16 pm | |
| Mark Murray | Sep 20, 1998 12:30 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 20, 1998 12:46 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Sep 20, 1998 2:34 pm | |
| Snob Art Genre | Sep 20, 1998 6:07 pm | |
| Alfred Perlstein | Sep 20, 1998 10:33 pm | |
| Mark Murray | Sep 20, 1998 10:37 pm | |
| Andrzej Bialecki | Sep 21, 1998 12:11 am | |
| Doug Rabson | Sep 21, 1998 2:04 am | |
| Charles Youse | Sep 21, 1998 5:04 am | |
| Snob Art Genre | Sep 21, 1998 6:22 am | |
| Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav | Sep 21, 1998 11:20 am | |
| Snob Art Genre | Sep 21, 1998 11:46 am | |
| Snob Art Genre | Sep 21, 1998 12:14 pm | |
| Eivind Eklund | Sep 21, 1998 4:05 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Sep 21, 1998 4:21 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Sep 21, 1998 5:25 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Sep 22, 1998 2:21 am | |
| Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav | Sep 22, 1998 4:27 am | |
| Poul-Henning Kamp | Sep 22, 1998 4:50 am | |
| Niall Smart | Sep 22, 1998 6:18 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Sep 22, 1998 8:21 pm | |
| Jordan K. Hubbard | Sep 22, 1998 11:27 pm | |
| Enkhyl | Sep 23, 1998 2:23 am | |
| Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav | Sep 23, 1998 3:33 am | |
| Sheldon Hearn | Sep 23, 1998 6:01 am | |
| Matthew D. Fuller | Sep 23, 1998 2:55 pm | |
| Dan Nelson | Sep 23, 1998 4:56 pm | |
| Matthew D. Fuller | Sep 23, 1998 5:00 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Sep 23, 1998 6:15 pm | |
| John Polstra | Sep 23, 1998 7:15 pm | |
| Matthew D. Fuller | Sep 23, 1998 7:20 pm | |
| Mike Smith | Sep 23, 1998 7:36 pm | |
| John Polstra | Sep 23, 1998 7:40 pm | |
| Alex | Sep 23, 1998 10:08 pm | |
| Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav | Sep 25, 1998 8:47 am | |
| Mark Mayo | Sep 25, 1998 12:36 pm | |
| Alex | Sep 25, 1998 2:55 pm |
| Subject: | Re: shouting in a void? | |
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| From: | Enkhyl (enk...@hayseed.net) | |
| Date: | Sep 23, 1998 2:23:32 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-current | |
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
I'd just like to say that expecting -current users to follow CVS logs is just unrealistic, which is what Dag-Erling was proposing,
No, it's really not. I can't imagine running -current without reading the CVS logs, expecially if I had any desire to build from /usr/src on a regular basis. Sometimes committers announce stuff which will break you on -current, and sometimes (more often still) they just forget. :) The CVS logs are always the final and most definitive indicator for -current's state of health.
I definitely agree with Jordan on this (not that my opinion necessarily matters to anyone :). There have been a few times in the last few weeks during all the major changes when the CVS logs contained good information about gotchas. I also find it to be an excellent learning tool for someone that might not know all the intricacies of the kernel and subsystems. Not to mention, many of the developers have a good sense of humor, making some of the messages rather humorous. :)
I know, I know... e-mail can be hard enough to sort through without all the commit messages flying by, but I've found them to be invaluable.
Just my $0.02
-- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The Art and Science of Electronic Business cnie...@scient.com <http://www.scient.com>
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