[vlc-devel] commit: Don't mess with the build system a single day ( git revert 83b35c64b6e1f7c90b577724d3e3a1fa57b7b747 -n!) before a major ( git revert 83b35c64b6e1f7c90b577724d3e3a1fa57b7b747 -n) release ( Felix Paul Kühne )

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le dimanche 24 août 2008 12:38:45 Felix Paul Kühne, vous avez écrit :
> Am 24.08.2008 um 11:29 schrieb git version control:
> > vlc | branch: master | Felix Paul Kühne <fkuehne at videolan.org> | Sun
> > Aug 24 11:32:22 2008 +0200|
> > [f806629f32ed6d19dc510983348653c29a227441] | committer: Felix Paul
> > Kühne
> >
> > Don't mess with the build system a single day (git revert
> > 83b35c64b6e1f7c90b577724d3e3a1fa57b7b747 -n!) before a major (git
> > revert 83b35c64b6e1f7c90b577724d3e3a1fa57b7b747 -n) release
>
> Okay, this is what happens if you use exclamation marks in a shell.
> Anyway, please don't ******* break working (!!) build systems for
> political reasons a single day before a major release!!

WTF?

This is the best time to fix build problems. Nobody is doing any major code 
changes, and people are actually testing the build system and finding bugs.

On top of that, moving files right after a release (rather than right before) 
is the sure way to make backporting fixes a HUGE BIG PAIN in the future.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
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