On Feb 6, 2008, at 13:23, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
There is no detriment that I can discern by naming patchfiles "patch-*.diff" as port lint recommends. There is a detriment by not following this convention which has been discussed at length before on the list.
There is a detriment. The patchfiles aren't syntax hilighted as C, and instead are hilighted as a patch file. This is purely a matter of personal preference, which is a bad reason to dictate policy.
This warning has been in port lint for quite some time already. It's just now been made an automated email.
Yes, and getting an e-mail about something I don't think is a problem is frustrating.
-landonf
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