Sunday 24 Jan 2016 03:46:02, Gokturk Yuksek wrote : > Remove the paragraph about adding binary files to CVS. > Replace the instances of CVS with git. > > X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642 > Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu> > --- > ebuild-maintenance/text.xml | 19 +++---------------- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml > index ac68dcd..10709ea 100644 > --- a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml > +++ b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml > @@ -42,22 +42,9 @@ above 20KB) which should be distributed as tarballs via the > <uri link="::general-concepts/mirrors/#suitable-download-hosts">Gentoo > mirror system</uri> > so that people do not waste excessive amounts of bandwidth and hard drive > space. Also, you should not add binary (non-ASCII) files to the > -Portage CVS tree. If you need to do this in another CVS tree, for > -example, if you need to add a small PNG graphic for whatever reason, > -be sure to add it to CVS by using the <c>-kb</c> option, like so: > -</p> > - > -<pre caption="Adding binary files to CVS"> > -# <i>cvs add -kb myphoto.png</i> > -</pre> > - > -<p> > -The <c>-kb</c> option tells CVS that <path>myphoto.png</path> is a binary > -file and should be treated specially. For example, merging the > -differences between two different versions of this file should not be > -allowed to happen, for obvious reasons. Also, speaking of merging > +git tree. Also, speaking of merging > changes, any patches you add to Portage should generally <e>not</e> be > -compressed. This will allow CVS to merge changes and correctly inform > +compressed. This will allow git to merge changes and correctly inform > developers of conflicts. > </p> > > @@ -149,7 +136,7 @@ simply, <path>1.0-gentoo.diff</path>. Also note that the > <path>gentoo</path> extension informs people that this patch was created > by us, the Gentoo Linux developers, rather than having been grabbed from a > mailing list or somewhere else. Again, you should not compress these > -patches because CVS does not play well with binary files. > +patches because git does not play well with binary files. > </p> > > <p> > -- > 2.4.10 > >
"Again you should not compress these patches because git does not play well binary files". I'm not sure this statement still holds true with git. Does it? -- Patrice Clement Gentoo Linux developer http://www.gentoo.org
