From: Florian Gross <flgr@...>
Date: 2005-01-16T23:06:08+09:00
Subject: Re: End of line style

Alexey Verkhovsky wrote:

>> I think right now it is probably safest to use \n. I'd also convert 
>> newlines to \r\n for the Windows release, though.
> That would mean a separate release for Windows, which is precisely the 
> thing that I want to avoid.
> 
> A file with \n end-of-lines won't look good in notepad. I don't care 
> about this. Do you know any other particular reason for having \r\n 
> end-of-lines for Windows (as in "foo will not work otherwise"), or is it 
> purely "just because it's Windows-style"?

It's because it makes it easier for Windows developers to submit patches 
back to you. Just a small point, but if you're going to automate the 
whole release process anyway it ought not to be that much trouble to 
have newlines of non-binary files converted to \r\n in the Windows 
package. (Most software uses .zip archives instead of .tgz for Windows, 
anyway.)