From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 21 18:47:40 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 4782A16A4D0; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:47:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13B4143D48; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:47:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7LImXww027573; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:48:33 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i7LImXDg027572; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:48:33 -0700 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:48:33 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20040821184833.GA26337@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20040820133029.GE63041@abigail.blackend.org> <20040820103306.5f0ffb6f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20040820205835.GH63041@abigail.blackend.org> <20040820222329.GA29749@gothmog.gr> <20040821165030.GA20785@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20040821183841.GA66189@gothmog.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040821183841.GA66189@gothmog.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org cc: ceri@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To PR Senders 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: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:47:40 -0000 --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 09:38:41PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2004-08-21 09:50, Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 01:23:29AM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > If you really *do* need a recommendation for a size I think that 50k = is > > > about the size that things would probably start getting seriously ann= oying > > > for dialup users. Yeah, if a size must be explicitly specified 50k i= s ok. > > > > FYI, bde want's patches at least up to 100K, probably somewhat larger to > > be inlined. I'd personally, say that whatever he says is definitive (at > > least on the soruce says). >=20 > Well, yes. Something near 50-100 KB is ok. Not much larger though. >=20 > Diff output can get big even for relatively simple changes, if they're > mechanically applied to lots of files. If Bruce thinks that 100 KB is a > typical size of a "maximally acceptable inline patch", then he's probably > right and said that having in mind a lot more of patches than me. >=20 > Now, to get this topic resolved or at least closer to being resolved... > do we need to update the problem-reports related documentation to > include a suggestion that ``anything larger than 100 KB is probably too > big for inline inclusion, but less than 100 KB is usually ok?'' That seems reasionable. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBJ5kAXY6L6fI4GtQRAiGUAKCZeE8Io/JWWiMGlqKEc3xjGhHQHQCeLB8V zhu+P/S4RYQVz0GL0nQaibo= =Fq0r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--