[Approval?] Revert whitespace-only 20000401 change tosetup/zlib

[Max Bowsher]

Robert Collins wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 22:04, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>>> NB: I have verified this will NOT introduce \r characters into the
>>>> files.
>>>
>>> MM, it would be easier for you to use patch -l :].
>>
>> 1) patch won't be involved in the process at all
>
> Huh? Then I've misunderstood.

cvs import
cvs up -j -j
cvs commit

Yes, OK I *could* do it less directly, and involve patch. But if I do, I'd
still be inclined to accept the whitespace from the upstream zlib.

>> 2) I think gratuitous whitespace changes from upstream sources are
>> bad
>
> I don't. Unless we stop keeping it in our CVS, we have ownership of
> that source once we depend on it. Whitespace changes are easily
> ignored by
> diff and patch utilities... thus not impacting merging changes from
> upstream.

But surely unneccessary changes which cause more work when merging are bad?

And whitespace changes really are unneccessary!

Max.