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Re: PROPOSAL: changelog.html.gz sanitization



On Sat, Jul 31, 1999 at 09:55:31PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Joseph Carter wrote:
> > I think the html changelog SHOULD be there since that is its native form.
> > lynx can be guaranteed to make a mess of anything more complex than a
> > simple HTML file and as a result the original HTML should be provided in
> > those cases.  Since it's hard to deal with ifs like that in the policy,
> > and since it doesn't hurt a lot, I would say it'd be good to have both.
> 
> Why not just give the developer leeway to tell if lynx is making a mess of
> things, and include the html changelog in that case, or write a better
> de-html program for their changelog? We don't have to spell out every case
> in policy, just give people a direction to go and enough leeway to get
> there.

That's fine  =>

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