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Re: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: John Freeman <jfreeman at cs dot tamu dot edu>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:17:55 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: Please, do not use the merged revisions log as the commit message when merging
- References: <20080816150259.GA28988@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <48A86EC4.8050909@cs.tamu.edu>
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, John Freeman wrote:
> No one informed me of any commit policies when I was given subversion
> access. I thought that since I was working on a branch, I had free
> reign. Education would go a long way in preventing future errors.
You are right. This is one of the weaknesses (mistakes) of our current
systems. I really believe we should institute more of a mentor system
where it will be the responsibility of the respective mentor/sponor to
guide new contributors through the first commits.
Gerald