Re: git: bb8dbe1580ae - main - sysutils/lnav: Fix distinfo

From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 03:53:29 UTC 
On Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 12:44:52PM +0900, Yasuhiro Kimura wrote:
> From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: git: bb8dbe1580ae - main - sysutils/lnav: Fix distinfo
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 03:24:47 +0000
> 
> > I know you prefer DISTVERSION by default for some obscure reason, but
> > changing just the knob spelling without actual version number is what
> > we call gratuitous change and something we try to avoid as it clobbers
> > the history, thus pessimizing code archaeology process, and decreases
> > commit diff SNR.
> 
> It's not just my personal preference. Section of 5.2.2 of Porter's
> Handbook says as following.

Yeah, I know, and I don't buy this reasoning, but that's not the point,
the point is gratuitous changes and "fixing" what ain't broken.

./danfe