[pooma-dev] Re: generated files in CVS

[Jeffrey Oldham]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 09:35:33AM -0800, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> It is generally a bad idea to add generated files to CVS because:
> 
> 1. You have to update both the original and the generated file.
> 
> 2. People forget.
> 
> 3. People update the generated file, but not the original, and their
>    changes get overwritten.
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense simply to include these in the distribution
> tarball, but not put them in CVS?

OK.  I will reverse these changes.

Jeffrey D. Oldham
oldham at codesourcery.com