Subject: Re: pkgsrc/doc/CHANGES format has changed
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/27/2005 09:50:39
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"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv84@gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is something I've always wanted to know... why do we have a tab at
> the beginning of each line?

I believe it's because the original format was borrowed from
src/doc/CHANGES.  That file has the tab presumably to distinguish the
entries from header (``Changes from NetBSD 1.6 to NetBSD 2.0:'').

Other than that, I can't think of any reason.

-Jan

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