From: Alexey Verkhovsky <alex@...>
Date: 2005-01-16T23:21:01+09:00
Subject: Re: End of line style

Florian Gross wrote:

> 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.)

I don't know about that - never had any problem submitting patches from 
Windows myself. I build them in one of two ways. Either from Cygwin, or 
from Eclipse. Both deal with EOL styles transparently. Have you seen 
problems of this sort?

Another question: actually, this application (Instiki) is packaged by 
Rake::PackageTask. Perhaps Rake itself should be a bit smarter about this.

-- 
Best regards,

Alexey Verkhovsky

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