From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Fri Mar 15 02:21:10 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F6201537FDA; Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:21:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it1-f175.google.com (mail-it1-f175.google.com [209.85.166.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD4CD8178E; Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:21:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it1-f175.google.com with SMTP id g17so8022046ita.2; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:21:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=maCWIyJQ1cLK9nMpdTxYvFgzO+9xdBq5r/ijzHyGjR4=; b=qc7cUTlKjWWF2VLaWNyLh3R02TtAdfgvXEt8AqiMjcEtPcbasZ2QeZPXYTH/1cp1Nm 4GvuqvAHRJYsnDM8MYmNPqNAvWfG9bj/4/Kd4x+Oj7/KxQlxUI0BJq6KG0laa75XZhP3 Ahyp05dI0SaHpYtCoZLfJoo0BX1Yw/FoArzPaMgqfJvOGb4DEKNp59QWUsmHEUZM6vV1 8pvN+lza7Rs8vh5NLc2Rpk2D3gw/gpNhBLraU0X+HUcNpl+x1cW+/kCSJSv3or+k0yis Fr+bXUjnXZZ/wUyRU/axLdcU05ii6Ms0QR7YaaophOAVOKiHLvxaUKjRBLSEgiHZnjRZ d63w== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVap96liT4UoXXRGFlE8n/wjjenFnYoUCeFSI3TERwuJbss9I0R bDkSuou/TOErZLZ78CmDISWqr4XT4KyR5vuOLLzgaQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzpGvpWni/J/mbl+Gcd2IKXvk/CfIx3CW/LfgeHvhfTP6IV8I76R5KtjvMDW/KTKfJH/PYSoK29XEDRrSqdtAk= X-Received: by 2002:a24:b501:: with SMTP id v1mr526468ite.174.1552616462313; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:21:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <201903150210.x2F2ABwZ027877@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <201903150210.x2F2ABwZ027877@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> From: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 22:20:50 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r345138 - head/share/man/man9 To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Cc: src-committers , svn-src-all , svn-src-head Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: CD4CD8178E X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.94 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.94)[-0.939,0]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0] X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:21:10 -0000 On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 at 22:10, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > The reason not to do it is uuencoding adds about a 40% space penalty, > > adds to the build time (to uudecode), and makes changes harder to > > review. In my mind dropping the unnecessary uuencoding is similar to > > dropping build-time patching of files in the source tree (another > > workaround we used to have for limitations of our older VCS). > > I think I covered all the above in other replies. So: 1. We used to use a VCS which does not support binary files well, but have not used it for years. 2. Another source delivery tool (ctm) previously did not support binary files, but has for some time. 3. There may have been other reasons, but none that anyone can recall (at present). > > Yes, we should look at the other cases where we unnecessarily uuencode > > things. I'm not quite sure where we would document high level things > > like this though, do you have a suggestion? I could see a case for > > somewhat similra topics (e.g. 7-bit ASCII/UTF-8/ISO-8859 guidance) > > fitting into style.9, but I'm not sure this one does. > > I think the committers guide, which needs a revamp. That > should also cover the 7-bit/... Probably, yes. That said, I'm very much in favour of having the documentation in the tree itself, for those topics pertaining to the software in that tree (e.g. style(9), ports(7), development(7), arch(7)).