Re: What happened to src/sys/dev/sound/midi ?

From: John Baldwin <jhb_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 14:47:43 -0400
On Friday 04 June 2004 02:11 pm, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 08:06:57PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 10:44:31AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 11:35:14AM -0600, P.D. Seniura wrote:
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Mark Linimon <linimon_at_lonesome.com>
> > > > Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:45:50 -0500 (CDT)
> > > > To: "P.D. Seniura" <pdseniura_at_techie.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: What happened to src/sys/dev/sound/midi ?
> > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, P.D. Seniura wrote:
> > > > > > In fact I've been spotting _many_ commits that I cannot find in
> > > > > > the recent archives.  For one, the commit that moves the port
> > > > > > print/teTeX to print/teTeX-base does not present itself in a
> > > > > > search
> > > > >
> > > > > AFAIK, it has not yet been committed.
> > > > >
> > > > >From my CTM log for June 2:
> > > >
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:234:> DM /ports/print/teTeX-base
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:235:> FM /ports/print/teTeX-base/Makefile
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:236:> FM /ports/print/teTeX-base/distinfo
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:237:> DM /ports/print/teTeX-base/files
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:238:> FM
> > > > /ports/print/teTeX-base/files/listings.sty
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:239:> FM
> > > > /ports/print/teTeX-base/files/pkg-install.in
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:240:> FM /ports/print/teTeX-base/pkg-descr
> > > > ./20040602/ctm_ports.log:241:> FM /ports/print/teTeX-base/pkg-plist
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I just can't find the cvs commit entry on cvs-ports_at_
> > > > to see what's going on.  And Nothing Much Relevent on
> > > > ports_at_.
> > > >
> > > > Before someone mentions it again:
> > > > One cannot follow _discussions_ on "cvsweb".
> > >
> > > It appears CTM is confused.  According to cvsweb and a checkout
> > > straight from the main repository, there have been no changes to
> > > print/teTeX-base in three weeks.  Hence there was no commit message
> > > because there was no commit.
> >
> > There does not seem to have been a *commit*, no.
> > There does however seem to have been a repocopy of print/teTeX to
> > print/teTeX-base made on June 2.  Repocopies do not show up in
> > commitlogs or on mailinglists (unless somebody manually sends out a mail
> > about it which is rarely the case.)
> >
> > In other words - the reason you can't find a cvs commit entry about
> > teTeX-base is that there was no cvs commit made to it.  The repository
> > was changed directly without involving cvs.
>
> I've got to say, I really wish we had a file containing paths and
> repo-copy dates in the repository.  It would be more work for cvs_at_, but
> it would generate a commit message when they happend and allow the
> creation of tools to check out a real copy of the tree at a given date
> in the past.

Repo-copies should be noted with a forced commit if the files aren't going to 
be changed soon after they are copied.  I.e., one does not normally ask for a 
repo-copy until they are ready to commit to the copied files.

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