[webkit-dev] No more build breaks.

Eric Seidel eric at webkit.org
Mon Aug 17 11:43:52 PDT 2009


Yes, there are bugs, like all software.  Your flippant response seems
inappropriate.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Mark Rowe <mrowe at apple.com> wrote:

>
> On 2009-08-17, at 11:36, Eric Seidel wrote:
>
>  If you're currently using "svn commit" or "git svn dcommit" to commit your
>> patches, please consider using "bugzilla-tool land-diff" instead.
>>
>> Why?
>> 1.  bugzilla-tool updates (and optionally closes) the bug for you when
>> you're done.
>>
>> 2.  bugzilla-tool makes a nice commit entry automatically for you (not
>> quite as cool as commit-log-editor yet, but close).
>>
>> 3.  MOST IMPORTANT: bugzilla-tool land-diff will automatically build and
>> run the layout tests before landing!
>>     a. Impossible break at least one platform's bots when using
>> bugzilla-tool!
>>     b. Impossible to inadvertently land when the tree is red!
>>
>
> 4. bugzilla-tool will dump lots of exciting yet irrelevant junk in the bug
> before closing it (<http://webkit.org/b/26920>).  That's always fun!
>
> 5. In the interests of keeping life interesting, bugzilla-tool will
> sometimes commit with the wrong commit message (<http://webkit.org/b/28092
> >).
>
> - Mark
>
>
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