AW: Repo conversion procedure is basically done

[Bastian M. <bma...@we...>]

To my knowledge there are a number of files in the CVS repository which are treated as text, but shouldn't be.  They either have to have a distinct end-of-line marker (like win/gnuplot.iss) or they really contain binary data (applies e.g. to some files in the demo directory).  That typically isn't a problem in *nix systems, but on Windows because some CVS programs try to be clever in adjusting the EOL marker.  Can that be taken care of?  If yes, I can come up with a list. Please excuse my ignorance if this isn't an issue with git at all.

  Bastian

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> Von: Eric S. Raymond [mailto:es...@th...]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. Oktober 2017 21:01
> An: To...@th...:sfeam <sf...@us...>
> Cc: gnu...@li...
> Betreff: Repo conversion procedure is basically done
> 
> I can now produce a git version of the GNUPLOT repository with the following
> properties:
> 
> (1) Content correctness, as previously discussed.
> 
> (2) All committer fields are full DVCS-style IDs.
> 
> (3) Over 3100 other authorship attributions are recovered from
>     ChangeLog files.
> 
> (3) The faq module contents is merged in.
> 
> (4) Three very early releases that servived only as tarballs are
>     glued to the tail of the repository.
> 
> (5) An annotated tag marks the comversion point.
> 
> I think this is basically done, unless Ethan wants me to glue more tarballs to its
> tail.  It looks pretty good in gitk.
> 
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