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