Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:41:11 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/71826: [PATCH] Whitespace cleanup Message-ID: <20040921104111.49cf576e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200409210630.i8L6UZB3016035@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200409210630.i8L6UZB3016035@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 06:30:35 GMT Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/71826; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> > To: Ceri Davies <ceri@freebsd.org>, > Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> > Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: docs/71826: [PATCH] Whitespace cleanup > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:54:45 +0300 > > On 2004-09-20 18:15, Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 06:50:11PM +0000, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > > The attached patch fixes some whitespaces in > > > > doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/multimedia/chapter.sgml > > > > > > This was often discussed in past (consult the freebsd-doc archives). > > > With often the same result: when it's not "mandatory", we leave the > > > things in this state. > > > > If this is the consensual view (I don't recall the discussion), then > > please close the PR. > > Every commit increases the disk space the particular file needs on the CVS > repository server, on all the CVS mirrors, on all the copies of the tree that > users keep privately at their home or work, etc. Bearing this in mind, I have > to agree with Marc. Whitespace commits should only be done rarely, if there's > no real problem they might solve (such as aesthetic issues of a particular > output format, wrapping of output documents, or similar). > > Yes, please close this PR. When someone does a few content commits to the > multimedia chapter a whitespace commit can follow. Fixing spaces just for the > sake of fixing spaces isn't really worth the disk space it will take. Oh forget this. There is a LOT of storage space that went to the cluster for home directories and I think the CVS repo. What happened to it, well, I don't know ... -- Tom Rhodes
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