Re: cvs import -> cvs add

[Julio Merino <jmmv%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 3:10 AM, David Holland
<dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:57:16AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>  > > AFAIK, we use 'cvs import' for adding new packages since at the
>  > > beginning of pkgsrc, the first packages came from FreeBSD ports and
>  > > the idea was to sync them from there regularly. This never happened.
>  > >
>  > > Since 'cvs import' is much more error-prone than 'cvs add' and doesn't
>  > > provide any additional features we need, I suggest we switch to using
>  > > 'cvs add'.
>  >
>  > Discussion has died down, more + than -, so I've updated the guide.
>
> There is one procedural bit I'd prefer to retain, which is to commit
> the new package separately and not roll it in with adding to the
> category makefile (or CHANGES-*). This way the name of the new package
> appears in the Subject: in the commit message, so one is certain to
> see the names of new packages when paging through pkgsrc-changes.

Doing independent commits is semantically wrong and is just a
workaround to cope with inappropriate tools.  Would it be hard to
change the 'commit mail script' to deduce if a new package is being
added and note that in the subject?  Or to list all the packages
affected (if not more than X)?

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Julio Merino / @jmmv