From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 21 14:40:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 723A816A4CE; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:40:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E66A243D41; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:40:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (acs-24-154-239-170.zoominternet.net [24.154.239.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8LEeUex022194 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:40:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:41:11 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-Id: <20040921104111.49cf576e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200409210630.i8L6UZB3016035@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200409210630.i8L6UZB3016035@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/71826: [PATCH] Whitespace cleanup X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:40:32 -0000 On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 06:30:35 GMT Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/71826; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Giorgos Keramidas > To: Ceri Davies , > Marc Fonvieille > 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 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