Re: [boost] [1.64][process] Windows line endings in headers

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.64][process] Windows line endings in headers
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-20 14:14:44

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 5:59 AM, Andrey Semashev via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I can see some of the headers in Boost.Process (for example,
> boost/process/cmd.hpp, boost/process/env.hpp) contain Windows line endings.
> Regarding 1.64, Windows line endings are also present in the .tar.bz2
> package, which is supposed to be targeted for POSIX systems.
>
> 1. Could Windows line endings be removed in git?
>
> 2. Could the release procedures be updated to ensure that foreign line
> endings don't creep into the released packages?
>
> I understand that 1.64 has sailed, but I think at least a note
> (preferably, with a patch) would be appropriate in the release notes.
>

This is surprising.. Since we debugged EOL issues with the automated
release building long ago. And of course, we spent some time explicitly
finding a way to have consistent EOLs.

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