Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 17:45:37 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3 line diff creates 700 line whitespace diff problem Message-ID: <20030904174537.014575c7.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030904220421.GR25063@submonkey.net> References: <20030904220421.GR25063@submonkey.net>
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 23:04:21 +0100 Ceri Davies <ceri@freebsd.org> wrote: > > jon@witchspace.com pointed out to me that the section numbers in the > IPsec section of the handbook are slightly off: 10.9.4 and 10.9.5 > should really be 10.9.3.1 and 10.9.3.2. Thats bad. > > My dilemma is that committing the attached patch to correct this will > also require that all the intervening lines (~700 of them) will need > to be indented to keep the whitespace consistent. Would a whitespace > commit of that proportion be excessive, or a necessary evil? > Could the whitespace diff be applied with 'other' corrections? Like simple stuff including spelling fixes, s/FreeBSD/&os;/g, etc? My personal opinion is that the section numbers should be in a logical and consistent order. The whitespace could be fixed over time. -- Tom Rhodes
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