[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] repo hacking policy

Fri Feb 23 20:25:55 CET 2007

On Friday, 23 February 2007 at 17:51, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> the attached patch adds a rule to the policy which forbids repo hacking
> except when removing illegal (=is illegal for us not to remove ...) content
> 
> i will apply this in a week or so if we have 2:1 majority that is
> YES > 2*NO
> 
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> 
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> Index: svn-howto.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- svn-howto.txt	(revision 22325)
> +++ svn-howto.txt	(working copy)
> @@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
>      mplayer-dev-eng mailing list, so that all developers can benefit from them.
>      IRC is good for quick discussions, but nobody is there 24/7.
>  
> +14. Hacking the SVN repository is forbidden except when removing illegal content

Please elaborate on the downsides of repo hacking.

I am against it if there's no explanation.

Regards,
R.

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