[Python-Dev] PEP 385: the eol-type issue

[Georg Brandl]

Stephen J. Turnbull schrieb:

> Mark Hammond writes:
> 
>  > I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, but I believe it *is* 
>  > possible for a solution to be found here which will keep Windows users 
>  > happy.  I'm guessing you haven't had much practical experience with this 
>  > problem, so probably don't see this is clearly as Windows users do.
> 
> Mercurial is not only open source, it's written in Python.  The
> problem is known to be hard in a practical sense, the existing
> solutions (written by non-Windows developers, of course) are judged to
> be insufficient by Windows users, and the non-Windows developers
> "probably don't see this is clearly as Windows users do."
> 
> I think the implication is obvious.  There will be no good solution
> until Windows users develop it.  I don't see a good reason to wait for
> that.  I do see good reason for non-Windows users to put up with some
> inconvenience during the "beta" phase of implementing that solution;

It's not that obvious -- we at least need the server-side check that doesn't
allow "wrong" line endings as the "last" line of defense, and this check
already needs a way to know which files are supposed to have which line
endings -- deciding how to specify that is already half of the needed
solution.

Georg


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