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On 02/13/2014 10:12 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> When rewriting the script scanning for binary files in the Portage |
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> tree [1], I noticed that there are some 25 XPM and SVG image files, |
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> with sizes up to 13 kB. |
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> For the time being, I've added exceptions for MIME types image/svg+xml |
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> and image/x-xpmi [2], but I think it would be better to clarify our |
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> policy on this. The devmanual currently says: |
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> | Things that do not belong in the tree: |
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> | * Large patches |
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> | * Non-text files |
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> | * Photos of teletubbies |
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> | * Files whose name starts with a dot |
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> Should we allow pictures if the image file format is a text file? |
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Yes, provided it fits all the other criteria, ie small and does not |
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contain teletubbies. The problem as I understand it, is with version |
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control systems work with text files only, irrespect of what those text |
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files encode. |
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> Ulrich |
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> [1] http://qa-reports.gentoo.org/output/find-binary-files.txt |
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> [2] http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/qa-scripts.git;a=blob;f=find-binary-files.sh;hb=HEAD |
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