Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 01:51:42AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Aldy Hernandez wrote:
>>> Hi folks.
>>>
>>> At the last minute Ian got a patch in that touched a bunch of places
>>> that I was also changing. I resolved the conflicts, and bootstrapped
>>> and tested for C and C++. Unfortunately, people kept committing stuff
>>> that caused conflicts, so I broke down and committed after a minor C/C++
>>> bootstrap.
>> Did you tell anyone that you were merging a branch to mainline? I honestly
>> didn't see an announcement. (Is there any reason why you shouldn't have
>> requested a freeze?)
>
> The branch was approved by a GWP, I didn't know you needed to make a
> special announcement.
Nope, I just meant that you presumably had every right to do so and should
have felt free to exercise it because merging a branch justifies asking for a
freeze.
cheers,
DaveK
