[darcs-devel] Re: darcs patch: Extra boring patterns.

[Grant Husbands]

Dave Love wrote:
> [I'm not subscribed to the list, but I happened to look at it on
> gmane.  People reporting bugs or sending patches may not be subscribed
> to the bug list, so it's useful to copy them.]

My apologies. I'll reply to all, in future.

> No, it just rearranges the patterns for commentary's sake.

I believe we're talking about different patches. There was a patch on 
the 9th called "Extra boring patterns." that adds a number of boring 
patterns, apparently including .exe files. On the 13th, there was a 
followup called "Annotate various boring patterns." that rearranges and 
annotates them.

The one I was replying to was the original addition.

> I'd be surprised if the normal case is to put program binaries under
> revision control.

To clarify, I'm not advocating the addition of build outputs to the 
repository in which they're created. I'm advocating the addition of 
required executables and libraries for running or building a project, in 
at least some circumstances.

I've been mistaking personal experience for the normal case, though - 
repositories containing code written in one language using uncommon 
libraries/executables written in another are probably rare. However, 
TortoiseDarcs and many of the repositories at my workplace are such. The 
TortoiseDarcs repo includes Darcs but not the Darcs source; this makes 
it easier to work with TortoiseDarcs and maintains the capacity for 
quickly reproducing older versions.

Regards,
Grant Husbands.