On Wed, 25 Nov 2009, Richard Kenner wrote: > > Can someone please remove this revision from the subversion database > > on the server and fix things up? If that's not possible at least > > the revision should be reverted. > > Why the latter? I agree with the problems this can cause, but if they > can't be fixed by removing it from the database, why revert it? All things > being equal, trailing blanks in fact aren't a good idea.
Because it makes branch merging a nightmare and all patches people keep are hosed and won't apply anymore. And because it wasn't approved and earlier suggestions were shot down quickly. Richard.
