Hello list! OK, this seems to have been quite an unfortunate start for me:
as CVS allows people to work independently and in the scope they prefer I saw no reason not to commit my first changes in small blocks to make sure I solely change what I intented to change, i.e. I fixed a spelling error in the english page and bumped the translation-check header in all applicable translations using the fine smart_change.pl, then committed this small block. I knew about the debian-www-cvs mailing list but thought this is acceptable, after all the system is set up for many changes. Apparently it was not acceptable, and at least one person was / is seriously annoyed by the amount of similar messages coming in, so I propose the attached change to devel/website/using_cvs.wml. Unfortunately things have already happened and as the very same person has used the term "abuse" please check whether I have violated the DMUP (I guess "wilful, deliberate, reckless or unlawful act interfer[ing] with the work of another developer" and "Mail Bombing" _could_ apply here) or any other document. If so I agree to suffer the corresponding penalty, hoping that this small attached change will prevent others from doing as I did. If write access will be revoked I can just send in patches as I did before. As most of my automatic and semi-automatic checks have already been performed I don't expect to send in any huge patches in the future, so the load for other people when evaluating my patches probably won't be too high. Alternatively I could simply learn from the things that have happened and continue doing some work in a small scope, just as I want to. But I'll leave this to your decision. Cheers, Flo
Index: devel/website/using_cvs.wml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/devel/website/using_cvs.wml,v retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -r1.13 using_cvs.wml --- devel/website/using_cvs.wml 21 Aug 2004 09:38:07 -0000 1.13 +++ devel/website/using_cvs.wml 4 Sep 2004 08:57:28 -0000 @@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ <p>before you commit it. Note that <code>cvs add</code> is not recursive so you need to add a directory before you can add its contents. +<P>Please take care to combine bigger changes on a variety of files (e.g. +when fixing a common spelling error) into appropriate logical blocks and +commit them all at once so the the load for the people subscribed to the +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-www-cvs/";>debian-www-cvs mailing +list</a> doesn't reach unnecessary heights. In case of mass-commits please +contact the <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/";>debian-www +mailing list</a> before proceeding. + <P>For more information on CVS, use <code>info cvs</code>. <h3><a name="write-access">CVS Write Access</a></h3>
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