RE: [Plplot-devel] Re: [Plplot-cvs] CVS update notice (plplot/bindings/tcl)

[Maurice L. <mj...@ga...>]

Alan W. Irwin writes:
 > Will it confuse cvs if I remove the 3 generated files from cvs control, but
 > then change my mind later and want to put them under cvs control again?

Sadly, yes.  I've never been able to resurrect dead files without directly
modifying the repository.  I just tried now on a test file / test repository
and still it doesn't work through the API.

 > If changing my mind is no problem to cvs (meaning I can always go back if
 > there is a storm of protest), then I think the right thing to do is to treat
 > these generated files the same way we do the configure script; exclude them
 > from cvs control but generate them for the tarball release.  This only puts
 > the onus on those of us here on the developer's list (and perhaps a few
 > more) that are building from CVS to be sure that they have perl.

I don't see any problem with this.  Previously, it was leaving the generated
files out of the public distribution that caused all the trouble.  

 > Any objections to having perl on your machine from the developers here?

I doubt there'll be any objections.  And as far as availability goes, IIRC
perl's even available under Windows.

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Maurice LeBrun    mj...@ga...