Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 07:47:47 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: "Eitan Adler" <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Hackers" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, <tech-misc@netbsd.org>, <Kernel@dragonflybsd.org>, "Maxim Konovalov" <maxim.konovalov@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Objections to converting bsd-family-tree to a dot file Message-ID: <d4bc0ec344f3c24c39db585b91e8da2a@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=vqkjjDMD0G5yLu209VLYMQHs0%2Bwr_r0_QXz4KFL1_Qg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:51:18 -0800 "Eitan Adler" <lists@eitanadler.com> said > > Show Me The Money! > > See examples at the bottom > > > > How easy would it be to render something like the existing > bsd-family-tree, e.g. something that is reasonably intelligent when > viewed with more(1) or less(1) with the same basic information that > it has now? > > Pretty easy. Examples below. Note its just a first draft. That said, I > did find several unconnected nodes: some of which are corrected in > this version. > > > Also, would rendering it be something that can reasonably > be done while building the system, or would it need to be pre-rendered > and the result checked into the SCM (keep in mind that NetBSD's > build.sh is portable, i.e. you can build NetBSD on Windows if you > feel like it)? > > It'll likely be easier to check it to the repo. It can be done > reasonably portably using graphviz, but its not likely worth it. > > > >> Any objections? It isn't used for much beyond documentation so > >> changing the format isn't expected to cause any negative effects. > >> > > Today it is very simple plaintext thing. For me, the complexity will > > overweight the value of this file. > > > It isn't really complex: > https://people.freebsd.org/~eadler/files/family-tree/by-hand-1.dot.txt First off, thanks for maintaining this, Eitan. :-) I realize this is a first draft. But from my reading, it looks like you might be mixing tabs, and spaces. Not sure if it makes a difference to the graphviz output. But as memory serves, it does. Hope this helps, and thanks again! --Chris > https://people.freebsd.org/~eadler/files/family-tree/ > > > > -- > Eitan Adler
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