Re: CURRENT, usr/src on git, howto "mergemaster"?

From: Mark Linimon <linimon_at_lonesome.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 17:19:42 +0000
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 11:24:22AM +0000, tech-lists wrote:
> >Moreover mergemaster is still officially documented and recommend as
> >only right method in FreeBSD handbook. See
> >https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html.
> >World is moving, we may have new tools but each deprecation should be,
> >in this order:
> >1) well announced
> >2) adjusted in the handbook
> >3) implemeted
> 
> Really +1 to this, times a thousand. Especially the 2nd point which
> I think I'd be right in thinking is the source of truth? It also talks
> extensively about svn and yet 12-stable has been on git for a month
> nearly, and the svn repo has not been updated since.

It's _a_ source of truth but it, like everything else, is maintained by
volunteers.

The only _real_ source of truth is the commits.

mcl
Received on Wed Jan 06 2021 - 16:19:45 UTC

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