Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 06:30:35 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/71826: [PATCH] Whitespace cleanup Message-ID: <200409210630.i8L6UZB3016035@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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. - Giorgos
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