[MPlayer-cvslog] r19839 - in trunk: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 DOCS/tech/slave.txt input/input.c libmpcodecs/vf_screenshot.c mplayer.c

[Corey Hickey]

The Wanderer wrote:
>>> Okay, I've been wondering for a while now - how does this happen? I
>>> have two - or actually three, if you count the one on -DOCS -
>>> different commit E-mails with the same revision number and commit
>>> messages, but different listed changes (to different sets of files,
>>> to boot). I've noticed this or variations thereof (I don't remember
>>> which) on several occasions, and still have the relevant mails in
>>> my archive if I have any reason to dig them up.
>>
>> I would guess this is a result of rules on the server specifying that
>> modifications to different parts of the repository go to different
>> mailing lists. The rules which affected this commit are:
>>
>> trunk/DOCS/tech    ---   mplayer-cvslog
>> trunk/DOCS         ---   mplayer-DOCS
>> trunk/             ---   mplayer-cvslog
>>
>> Apparently even though trunk/ and trunk/DOCS/tech both go to -cvslog,
>> there were two different mails sent here because the commit matched
>> both the first and the third rule I listed above.
> 
> Ah. That would explain it. It still seems strange, but at least it's not
> a misbehaviour as such.
> 
> It would be nice if it were possible to tell, just from looking at a
> particular commit notification, which chunk it was supposed to be
> associated with...
> 
> Where exactly are these rules stored? If possible, I'd like to have a
> look at the full list for myself.

Ask Diego, I guess, if he doesn't see this thread and answer first.

-Corey