cvs commit: src/release Makefile

[Scott Long]

Scott Long wrote:

> scottl      2003/07/25 22:57:53 PDT
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     release              Makefile 
>   Log:
>   Fix the release build with a forgotten '-f'.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.800     +3 -3      src/release/Makefile
> 

Instead of putting a snide remark into commit log about this, I'll
take a different approach.

For the love of god, people, the minimum requirement for checking
something in to our repo is that it *COMPILES*!  Things have gotten
far too sloppy, and it only wastes developer and user time!  What
good are the daily release snapshots if they don't build for days or
weeks on end?  What good is it to tell our userbase to track the tree
with cvs and cvsup when the tree won't build?

Not long ago we used to require that any commit to the kernel be
tested before-hand by building LINT, and that any commit to the rest
of the tree be tested by building world.  That was back in the days
when building world took 2-3 hours on fast hardware.  The project has
resources available to it now that can build world in less than an hour
and build a release in less than two.  There is no excuse for not
testing before committing.

That said, I'm pleased with the work that has gone on this summer and
appreciate all of the hard effort.  The schedules for 4.9 and 5.2 will
be published shortly, both of which have the potential to be important
and exciting releases =-)

Scott