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From: Paul Waring <pwaring@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Committing straight to stable
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 20:29:11
Message-Id: 8953a1db05042413295a3a4621@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Committing straight to stable by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On 4/24/05, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> wrote:
2 > Since keywording policy seems to be being ignored again... Don't *ever*
3 > commit new ebuild revisions straight to stable, even if you think it's a
4 > trivial fix. There are plenty of things that could go wrong even with
5 > simple patches -- for example, if you accidentally included some CVS Id:
6 > lines in your patch, they'll get nuked when you do the commit. And, if
7 > you commit straight to stable, you end up breaking arch rather than just
8 > ~arch.
9
10 Why not have a three strike rule - anyone who commits something
11 straight to stable 3 times in a given period (say 6 months) has their
12 CVS access revoked.
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14 Paul
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Committing straight to stable "Jan Kundrát" <jkt@××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Committing straight to stable Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Committing straight to stable foser <foser@g.o>