On 18-09-24 09:27:57, Kent Fredric wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 15:36:23 -0500
> Matthew Thode <prometheanf...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > My hand slipped.  What ever happened to assuming the best :(  Are you
> > going to ping the list every time my hand slips up and I mistype
> > something?  Not sure you'll have time for it :P
> 
> Personally, I would love it if more people tried harder to provide
> meaningful commit messages.
> 
> "bup" vs "bump" isn't really achieving much, just one of the two are
> substantially more egregious.
> 
> Perhaps, if the commit messages were crafted with clarity as their
> intent, the consequence of accidental typos would be much more
> inconsequential.
> 
> ( I seriously think we could do with a *little* more chiding here than
> we generally see, but like, I'm typically just biting my tongue every
> time somebody doesn't invest any more effort than to write the word
> "bump" in their text editor when committing with repoman, cos I really
> don't want to be a dick about it. There's room for more than 4
> characters and a space in the subject, and infinitely more space in the
> body, why do we have to choose the least clear of all options? )
> 
> Occasional accidents are still gonna happen, but it would be nice if we
> didn't define accidents and siblings of accidents as the status quo.
> 

What would you rather see for when a package is bumped (that is, simply
copying the ebuild and editing the keywords)?

-- 
Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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