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authorwiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org>2017-09-12 13:40:49 +0000
committerwiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org>2017-09-12 13:40:49 +0000
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@@ -365,10 +365,11 @@ builds)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#submitting-binary-packages">21.1. Submitting binary packages</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#submitting-your-package">21.2. Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#general-notes-for-changes">21.3. General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#committing-importing">21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#updating-package">21.5. Updating a package to a newer version</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#renaming-package">21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#moving-package">21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#commit-messages">21.4. Commit Messages</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#committing-importing">21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#updating-package">21.6. Updating a package to a newer version</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#renaming-package">21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#moving-package">21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#devfaq">22. Frequently Asked Questions</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#gnome">23. GNOME packaging and porting</a></span></dt>
@@ -2974,10 +2975,11 @@ anymore, you can remove that file and run <span class="command"><strong>cvs -q u
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#submitting-binary-packages">21.1. Submitting binary packages</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#submitting-your-package">21.2. Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#general-notes-for-changes">21.3. General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#committing-importing">21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#updating-package">21.5. Updating a package to a newer version</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#renaming-package">21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#moving-package">21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#commit-messages">21.4. Commit Messages</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#committing-importing">21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#updating-package">21.6. Updating a package to a newer version</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#renaming-package">21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#moving-package">21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
</dl></dd>
<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#devfaq">22. Frequently Asked Questions</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="chapter"><a href="#gnome">23. GNOME packaging and porting</a></span></dt>
@@ -8590,10 +8592,11 @@ PERL5_PACKLIST= auto/Pg/.packlist
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#submitting-binary-packages">21.1. Submitting binary packages</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#submitting-your-package">21.2. Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)</a></span></dt>
<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#general-notes-for-changes">21.3. General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#committing-importing">21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#updating-package">21.5. Updating a package to a newer version</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#renaming-package">21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
-<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#moving-package">21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#commit-messages">21.4. Commit Messages</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#committing-importing">21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#updating-package">21.6. Updating a package to a newer version</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#renaming-package">21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#moving-package">21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc</a></span></dt>
</dl>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
@@ -8679,7 +8682,48 @@ builds)</i></a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
-<a name="committing-importing"></a>21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</h2></div></div></div>
+<a name="commit-messages"></a>21.4. Commit Messages</h2></div></div></div>
+<p>For several years, there have been mirrors of pkgsrc in
+ fossil, git, and hg. Standard practise when using these tools is to
+ make the first line of a commit message function as a summary that
+ can be read without the rest, such as is commonly done with "git log
+ --oneline". For this reason, we have the following guidelines for
+ pkgsrc commit messages:</p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
+<li class="listitem"><p>Start the commit message with a line that explains the
+ big picture in 50 characters or less. When a commit is for one
+ package, include the name of the package. For updates, include the
+ version to which it is updated.</p></li>
+<li class="listitem"><p>Leave the next line empty.</p></li>
+<li class="listitem"><p>Then come the details for the commit (changes in that
+ package, reason for a change) and any relevant PRs. Wrap this
+ section.</p></li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>Here is an example:
+ </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+ libxslt: update to 1.0.30
+
+ Changes since 1.0.29:
+ ...
+ </pre>
+<p>
+ </p>
+<p>Here is another example:
+ </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+ mk/bsd.pkg.mk: enable SSP by default on NetBSD
+
+ (rationale)
+ </pre>
+<p>
+ </p>
+<p>Commit messages are final: no <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">cvs admin</span>&#8221;</span> is
+ allowed on the pkgsrc repository to change commit messages.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
+<a name="committing-importing"></a>21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS</h2></div></div></div>
<p>This section is only of interest for pkgsrc developers with write
access to the pkgsrc repository.</p>
<p>When the package is finished, <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">cvs add</span>&#8221;</span> the files.
@@ -8711,7 +8755,7 @@ much easier to get wrong than <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">cvs
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
-<a name="updating-package"></a>21.5. Updating a package to a newer version</h2></div></div></div>
+<a name="updating-package"></a>21.6. Updating a package to a newer version</h2></div></div></div>
<p>Please always put a concise, appropriate and relevant summary of the
changes between old and new versions into the commit log when updating
a package. There are various reasons for this:</p>
@@ -8735,7 +8779,7 @@ much easier to get wrong than <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">cvs
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
-<a name="renaming-package"></a>21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</h2></div></div></div>
+<a name="renaming-package"></a>21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc</h2></div></div></div>
<p>Renaming packages is not recommended.</p>
<p>When renaming packages, be sure to fix any references to old name
in other Makefiles, options, buildlink files, etc.</p>
@@ -8753,7 +8797,7 @@ much easier to get wrong than <span class="quote">&#8220;<span class="quote">cvs
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
-<a name="moving-package"></a>21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc</h2></div></div></div>
+<a name="moving-package"></a>21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc</h2></div></div></div>
<p>It is preferred that packages are not renamed or moved, but if needed
please follow these steps.
</p>
@@ -8808,7 +8852,7 @@ place.</p></li>
and if you still don't have the answer, ask on the
<code class="literal">pkgsrc-users</code> mailing list.</p>
<div class="qandaset">
-<a name="idm81552784"></a><dl>
+<a name="idm84539152"></a><dl>
<dt>22.1. <a href="#devfaq.makeflags">What is the difference between
MAKEFLAGS, .MAKEFLAGS and
MAKE_FLAGS?</a>
@@ -8853,7 +8897,7 @@ do?</a>
<tbody>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="idm81552400"></a><p><b>22.1.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.makeflags"></a><a name="idm84538640"></a><p><b>22.1.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKEFLAGS</code>, <code class="varname">.MAKEFLAGS</code> and
@@ -8869,7 +8913,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="idm81540112"></a><p><b>22.2.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.make"></a><a name="idm84534672"></a><p><b>22.2.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">MAKE</code>, <code class="varname">GMAKE</code> and
@@ -8887,7 +8931,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="idm81535760"></a><p><b>22.3.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.cc"></a><a name="idm84530192"></a><p><b>22.3.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">CC</code>, <code class="varname">PKG_CC</code> and
@@ -8905,7 +8949,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="idm81531536"></a><p><b>22.4.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3flags"></a><a name="idm84526096"></a><p><b>22.4.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What is the difference between
<code class="varname">BUILDLINK_LDFLAGS</code>,
@@ -8918,7 +8962,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="idm81529360"></a><p><b>22.5.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.bl3prefix"></a><a name="idm84523920"></a><p><b>22.5.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Why does <span class="command"><strong>make show-var
VARNAME=BUILDLINK_PREFIX.<em class="replaceable"><code>foo</code></em></strong></span>
@@ -8934,7 +8978,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="idm81526288"></a><p><b>22.6.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.master_sites"></a><a name="idm84512528"></a><p><b>22.6.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>What does
<code class="code">${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE:=package/}</code> mean? I
@@ -8958,7 +9002,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="idm81519376"></a><p><b>22.7.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.mailinglists"></a><a name="idm84505616"></a><p><b>22.7.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Which mailing lists are there for package
developers?</p></td>
@@ -8983,7 +9027,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="idm81515536"></a><p><b>22.8.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.documentation"></a><a name="idm84501904"></a><p><b>22.8.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>Where is the pkgsrc
documentation?</p></td>
@@ -9031,7 +9075,7 @@ do?</a>
</tr>
<tr class="question">
<td align="left" valign="top">
-<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="idm81509136"></a><p><b>22.9.</b></p>
+<a name="devfaq.too-much-time"></a><a name="idm84495376"></a><p><b>22.9.</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><p>I have a little time to kill. What shall I
do?</p></td>
diff --git a/doc/pkgsrc.txt b/doc/pkgsrc.txt
index f243b0191a7..5105a33e285 100644
--- a/doc/pkgsrc.txt
+++ b/doc/pkgsrc.txt
@@ -354,10 +354,11 @@ II. The pkgsrc developer's guide
21.1. Submitting binary packages
21.2. Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)
21.3. General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages
- 21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
- 21.5. Updating a package to a newer version
- 21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
- 21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc
+ 21.4. Commit Messages
+ 21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
+ 21.6. Updating a package to a newer version
+ 21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
+ 21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc
22. Frequently Asked Questions
23. GNOME packaging and porting
@@ -2565,10 +2566,11 @@ Table of Contents
21.1. Submitting binary packages
21.2. Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)
21.3. General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages
- 21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
- 21.5. Updating a package to a newer version
- 21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
- 21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc
+ 21.4. Commit Messages
+ 21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
+ 21.6. Updating a package to a newer version
+ 21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
+ 21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc
22. Frequently Asked Questions
23. GNOME packaging and porting
@@ -7091,10 +7093,11 @@ Table of Contents
21.1. Submitting binary packages
21.2. Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)
21.3. General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages
-21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
-21.5. Updating a package to a newer version
-21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
-21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc
+21.4. Commit Messages
+21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
+21.6. Updating a package to a newer version
+21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
+21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc
21.1. Submitting binary packages
@@ -7156,7 +7159,42 @@ commit-changes-entry! If you are not using a checkout directly from
cvs.NetBSD.org, but e.g. a local copy of the repository, you can set
USE_NETBSD_REPO=yes. This makes the cvs commands use the main repository.
-21.4. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
+21.4. Commit Messages
+
+For several years, there have been mirrors of pkgsrc in fossil, git, and hg.
+Standard practise when using these tools is to make the first line of a commit
+message function as a summary that can be read without the rest, such as is
+commonly done with "git log --oneline". For this reason, we have the following
+guidelines for pkgsrc commit messages:
+
+ * Start the commit message with a line that explains the big picture in 50
+ characters or less. When a commit is for one package, include the name of
+ the package. For updates, include the version to which it is updated.
+
+ * Leave the next line empty.
+
+ * Then come the details for the commit (changes in that package, reason for a
+ change) and any relevant PRs. Wrap this section.
+
+Here is an example:
+
+ libxslt: update to 1.0.30
+
+ Changes since 1.0.29:
+ ...
+
+
+Here is another example:
+
+ mk/bsd.pkg.mk: enable SSP by default on NetBSD
+
+ (rationale)
+
+
+Commit messages are final: no "cvs admin" is allowed on the pkgsrc repository
+to change commit messages.
+
+21.5. Committing: Adding a package to CVS
This section is only of interest for pkgsrc developers with write access to the
pkgsrc repository.
@@ -7187,7 +7225,7 @@ Also mention the new package in pkgsrc/doc/CHANGES-20xx.
Previously, "cvs import" was suggested, but it was much easier to get wrong
than "cvs add".
-21.5. Updating a package to a newer version
+21.6. Updating a package to a newer version
Please always put a concise, appropriate and relevant summary of the changes
between old and new versions into the commit log when updating a package. There
@@ -7212,7 +7250,7 @@ which pkgsrc is used. Please use your judgement about what should go into
pkgsrc, and bear in mind that stability is to be preferred above new and
possibly untested features.
-21.6. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
+21.7. Renaming a package in pkgsrc
Renaming packages is not recommended.
@@ -7227,7 +7265,7 @@ Note that "successor" in the CHANGES-YYYY file doesn't necessarily mean that it
supersedes, as that successor may not be an exact replacement but is a
suggestion for the replaced functionality.
-21.7. Moving a package in pkgsrc
+21.8. Moving a package in pkgsrc
It is preferred that packages are not renamed or moved, but if needed please
follow these steps.