svn commit: r399250 - in head: . devel devel/mongo-cxx-driver devel/mongo-cxx-driver/files

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 08:36:03PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > Nonetheless, I'd kindly ask you (and everyone else reading) to do "svn
> > cp" when resurrecting previously removed port, as instructed by PHB and
> > common sense, thank you.
> 
> On the one hand, you are right, we should all do it according to the books.
> 
> On the other hand, if it makes it too tiresome with only very little
> gain, why doing it ? [...]

Because adhering to a higher standard (even when it seems a nuisance) is
better in the long run.  It disciplines people.  It does not allow to bar
to drop.  Think of it as broken windows theory to see the point.

./danfe