Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:59:34 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@ark.cris.net> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, doc@FreeBSD.ORG, developers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] $FreeBSD$ checks in /home/ncvs/doc. Message-ID: <20010919175934.B89970@ark.cris.net> In-Reply-To: <200109191455.f8JEtcd84962@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>; from bmah@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:55:38AM -0700 References: <200109191419.f8JEJNZ84529@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com> <23856.1000909456@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <20010919154730.I13240@tao.org.uk> <200109191455.f8JEtcd84962@c527597-a.cstvl1.sfba.home.com>
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hi, On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:55:38AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > > Ummm...what about image files (.scr, etc.)? > > > > Binary files should always be uuencoded so that the resulting files can > > > be given a leading line that contains $FreeBSD$ and will be ignored. > > > If you do have any files that shouldn't have $FreeBSD$ in them that can > > be specified in CVSROOT/exclude. > > There's 58 screenshot files (in the handbook's install guide) and about > 25 eps files in the doc/ tree. I'd rather permit these to remain "as > is" rather than add a bunch of infrastructure to deal with uudecoding, > plus all the conversions in the repository. > > (OK, it's not my decision, but you get the idea.....) Having $FreeBSD$ in all text files (sgml, etc) is quite useful for translation teams to track changes. I think we need to have it enabled, but add wildcards for all kinds of images and binary files to 'exclude' list. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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