Some easy to commit pr's

Matthias Andree mandree at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jul 12 14:15:53 UTC 2011


Am 12.07.2011 15:48, schrieb Chris Rees:
> On 12 July 2011 06:54, Doug Barton <dougb at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 07/11/2011 22:51, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>>> On 07/12/2011 12:37 AM, Doug Barton wrote:
>>>> You'll likely get better results posting URls, FYI.
>>>
>>> I used to give complete URLs.  Then I got told off, and told only to
>>> write ports/xxxxx.
>>
>> Well that's just silly. It's always easier to click on a URL than it is
>> to look it up other ways. If you(pl.) want people to look at the PR,
>> include the full URL in the e-mail. If anyone tells you different, send
>> them to me. :)
>>
> 
> +10.
> 
> Sometimes I wonder if some people think we have a magic ability to get
> to a PR by double-clicking on the number!

You can sed FreeBSD mails per maildrop or (eek!) procmail or
thereabouts, but I prefer full URLs for security or PR IDs too -- of
course not in the PR: line unless we know for certain that all scripts
can parse fully-fledged URLs.



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