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Re: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, John Freeman <jfreeman at cs dot tamu dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 12:30:02 -0400
- Subject: Re: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging
- References: <48A8837F.3020101@cs.tamu.edu>
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 03:01:03PM -0500, John Freeman wrote:
> Daniel Berlin wrote:
>
>> It's listed on the wiki that explains how to maintain branches :)
>>
> I had no idea such a wiki even existed. It would really help future
> contributors, I'm sure, if, perhaps during copyright assignment, there were
> some sort of "introduction" process that clearly communicated policies.
> Thank you for the heads up.
But, you did do it again, just a little while ago.
Please stop doing that! You're swamping gcc.gnu.org and causing unnecessary
work for me.
I will be instituting some safeguards against this kind of mail-bombing going
forward but, nevertheless, this really should not be a common occurrence.
cgf