Re: [Libusb-devel] >=autoconf-2.63 no grokmultiline AC_CONFIG_FILES?

[Xiaofan C. <xia...@gm...>]

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Orin Eman <ori...@gm...> wrote:

> As for the .ds?, .vcproj and .sln files, these are _opaque_ files that you
> shouldn't be poking around in.  Sure, we happen to know that some are text
> with <CR><LF> line endings.  IMO, whatever the OS, this SHOULD NOT be
> changed.  You SHOULD NOT be editing them with a tool that does not preserve
> the <CR><LF>.  They should be treated as binary files,

That is exactly what I mean. They should be treated as binary files
and binmode is the preferred way to deal with them.

> but since we know
> they are text with <CR><LF> line endings, I don't see a problem with
> treating them as text files that always have <CR><LF> line endings _as an
> optimization_.
>

I know sometimes people edit the files as a quick hack (say to use
VS2005 on VS2008 projects) but in the case of libusb repo, I think
they should be treated as binary files.

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Xiaofan