Re: CVS commit: basesrc/distrib/notes

[Simon Burge <simonb%wasabisystems.com@localhost>]

John Hawkinson wrote:

> matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote on Tue, 27 Nov 2001
> at 11:40:47 +1100 in <22849.1006821647%splode.eterna.com.au@localhost>:
> 
> > is there a good reason for these _generated_ files to be commited?
> 
> I think so. Generation is a bit slow and potentially weird
> as it may require running the generation process multiple
> times, since the size of the table of contents affects the
> page numbers of subsequent pages.
> 
> By doing it this way, it doesn't slow down the regular generation
> of the release notes, and normal people generating the release
> notes don't have to worry about making sure they have a consistent
> table of contents generated.

Are these files automatically regenerated if something does change
in the release notes themselves that would change the resultant page
numbers?  The speed argument is a bit of a furphy really...

Simon.
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