Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Test project files?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-13 16:08:00

At 03:25 PM 8/13/2002, Carl Daniel wrote:

 >"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
 >news:4.3.2.7.2.20020813130731.00b93ae0_at_mailhost.esva.net...
 >> Boost.Test currently includes 100K of Microsoft 6 project files in
 >> boost-root/libs/test/build.
 >>
 >> These add a lot of size to the distribution, are problems for CVS 
(which
 >> because they are binary, require a full copy every time there is a
 >change,
 >> increasing the cost of backup), are of no use to non-Microsoft users, 
on
 >a
 >> format that MS typically changes with each release, and are trivial for 
a
 >> user do duplicate (since Boost.Test doesn't require sophisticated build
 >> techniques).
 >>
 >> I think they should be removed.  Am I just being grouchy, or do others
 >> agree?
 >
 >First, I agree.
 >
 >Second, out of curiousity, what are the files in question?  The only MSVC
 >files that should (ever) be checked into a source control system are the
 >.dsp and .dsw files (or for VC7, the .sln & .vcproj files).  These are 
all
 >text files and are quite ammenable to source control - changes made to 
the
 >project in the IDE tend to modify the underlying text file exactly as 
you'd
 >expect, making diffs of .dsp files doable and useful.

You are right, of course.  There is one .dsw and a bunch of .dsp.  I have 
no idea why CVS thought they were binary files.  I deleted my working copy, 
updated, and CVS is how happy and sees them as regular files.

But I'm still of the opinion they should be removed.

--Beman