Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:49:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, tech-misc@netbsd.org, Kernel@dragonflybsd.org Subject: Re: Objections to converting bsd-family-tree to a dot file Message-ID: <201712161949.vBGJnnMR008332@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnma1ntnMONbbk0joMaQC5NkkEEZ2ze7uCubj%2B_DLyrrA@mail.gmail.com>
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> On 15 December 2017 at 08:43, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote: > >> I'd like to turn this into into a dot file > > Sounds like a reasonable idea. With care, the source (text) file(s) can > > often be formatted in a way that's at least semi-readable. I assume this > > would ship with pregenerated images (PDF, SVG) so people don't have to > > install the port to render the graph? > > > The overall consensus seems to be: so long as there is a reasonable > way to view this file in plaintext without requiring a tool in base, > its fine. I'll likely run with that after ironing out the conversion > bit. I have seen no presentation of a reasonable way to view the graph in plain text. Nor do I find the output you presented as a sample very usable due to scaling issues, one of the graphs was massively wide, the other was ok but at such a scale had to be zoomed significantly to read. Though they are "pretty" I find them cumbersumb to use. And that means they wont be used. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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