Replacing USE_GCC=any and the danfe@ filter (was: svn commit: r568012 - head/net/tightvnc)

[Mathieu Arnold]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 11:55:27AM +0200, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote:
> 
> 
> On 03.06.21 11:50, Torsten Zuehlsdorff wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 03.06.21 08:32, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 12:22:47AM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 30 May 2021, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> > > > > Thank you for working on this.
> > > > 
> > > > So, I was just ready to commit the next step and prepared a nice git
> > > > style commit message:
> > > > 
> > > >     Replace USE_GCC=any with USE_GCC=yes
> > > >     USE_GCC=any has been equivalent to USE_GCC=yes in most cases (such
> > > >     as i386 and amd64 since 12.x and depending on configuration 11.x,
> > > >     most newer installations on other platforms, and 13.x across the
> > > >     board).
> > > >     Since commit 96c17633d90386b5bcf8 Mk/bsd.gcc.mk ...
> > > > 
> > > > Alas, the danfe@ filter struck:
> > > > 
> > > >     remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (111/111), completed with 111
> > > > local objects.
> > > >     remote:
> > > >     remote:
> > > > ================================================================
> > > >     remote: First line does not start with the regular
> > > >     remote: category/port: subject
> > > >     remote:
> > > > ================================================================
> > > > 
> > > > What now?
> > > > 
> > > > Neither "*/*: Replace USE_GCC=any..." in the subject nor a couple dozen
> > > > individual commits strike me as desirable.
> > > 
> > > *: Replace... works just fine.
> > 
> > This seems to be a transcription of "It works around a rule which has
> > its purpose but should not be enforced 100% of the time".
> 
> Also just for fun: this new rule violates our old rule about committing new
> ports. It was always start with "New port $cat/$name". Or have we changed
> this rule?

Well, you can try, but you will not be able to push the commit, now we
write `cat/port: new port blah`.  For the same reason, all commit
subjects starts the same, it is much much easier to scan quickly.

-- 
Mathieu Arnold
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