Re: [boost] svn:eol-style issues (Was: Re: [quickbook] probs with docu generation (C++ code))

Subject: Re: [boost] svn:eol-style issues (Was: Re: [quickbook] probs with docu generation (C++ code))
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-29 17:23:46

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Daniel James <daniel_james_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:27:20AM +0000, Daniel James wrote:
> >>
> >> Probably. This should be fixed in trunk and the new release.
>
> Just to be clear, the following isn't really related to the quickbook
> bug that I fixed.
>
> 2008/10/27 Jens Seidel <jensseidel_at_[hidden]>:
> >
> > I checked the release branch for missing or bogus svn:eol-style
> properties
> > and found a few. I was very surprised not to find hundreds or even more
> > such files.
> >
> > Here is a list. I also attached the output of svn diff but you probably
> > cannot apply a patch on properties. Please check and commit:
>
> Thanks for checking this, I think that most of the files you indicated
> were fixed in trunk four months (revision 46445) but it was never
> merged. Beman, is it okay to merge this? It's not vital, but it
> shouldn't break anything. Although, I'm a little weary about changing
> Jamfiles, as they seem to be to sensitive to line endings. I think the
> only case which is important are the shell scripts, which must have
> unix line-endings.
>

Hum... I'm a little concerned about changing at this point. I'm leaning
toward waiting until after the release, at least for the Jamfiles.

--Beman