Subject: Re: Adding URLs to CVSWeb diffs for source changes
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Bernd Ernesti <veego@NetBSD.org>
List: current-users
Date: 07/18/2007 08:37:57
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 06:38:37PM -0400, Blair Sadewitz wrote:
> I often read source-changes/pkgsrc-changes and would find it useful if
> the messages contained a link to the diff as it appears on
> cvsweb.netbsd.org--especially when I am using a browser like elinks.
> It doesn't even have to be proper HTML (I don't want it to make things
> ugly for those not using web browsers, etc.),  just a URL.
> 
> Any comments/opinions on this?

I don't like it. This way we will increase the size of the commit mail
and it will be not easier to get the real cvs command, depending on where
you place the html urls.
Think about many changes where this would increase the size by a 1/3 or
even more.

Bernd