cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES

[Kip Macy]

On Dec 16, 2007 3:33 PM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> wrote:
>
> "Kip Macy" <kip.macy at gmail.com> writes:
> > On Dec 16, 2007 2:38 PM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> wrote:
> > > Kip Macy <kmacy at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   disable cxgb build to prevent tinderbox whining
> > > How about you fix the code instead?
> > I can do that, but will you be happy with a broken tinderbox for
> > another 6 hours while you wait?
>
> It's not like I have a skull implant that beeps every time a build fails
> or something.  I dislike sweeping problems under the rug, however, and
> your commit message said nothing about the change being temporary.


I should have been more explicit in the commit message.

Tinderbox failures tend to lead to cascades - once the tinderbox is
broken other breakage is obscured. I think it best to not have it
complain about known problems so that new mistakes will be brought to
light.

 -Kip