>From sfwnv-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org Tue Nov 13 21:16:20 2007
>Mike.Sullivan at sun.com wrote:
>>
>> BTW please go make sure to fill out the suggested fix for each bug,
>> I looked at two and saw none. While it would be best to put the
>> fix for each bug only in that bug, if you can't it's ok to attach
>> the diffs to one and then point the other bugs at that one. Please
>> don't attach the tarballs of course, just the other changes.
>
>Who in the current process makes use of diff's in/attached to the CRs?
People From The Future. And me.
>For what purpose?
to try to figure out what changed and why, without having to track down
putback logs and all the files involved.
>Why?
perhaps when backporting a bug fix, or when trying to figure out
if the fix made broke something else.
>I dislike diffs in CR text (for what should hopefully be obvious
>reasons) so I want to explore why is this being done and how to fix it
>in the process of whoever is dependent on them.
umm ok. However I've been on the recieving end of "why did you
make this change 10 years ago without filling in the suggested fix
with exact diffs" many times. And I look at diffs in bugs all the time
when trying to figure out what changed in why, particularly when looking at
bugs that affect things outside a source base I'm familiar with. And sometimes
I look at them when approving rti's because they're easier than a webrev
for me. But perhaps I'm just strange.
Mike
