Re: [viewvc-dev] Re: [viewvc-users] Don't display binary files

>
>  I've been on the ViewVC mailing lists for years now, so I think I have a
>> pretty good idea what folks do and don't like about the tool.  The average
>> user doesn't care that ViewVC shows links to diffs and annotations of
>> binary
>> files (or they don't care enough to complain on these lists about it,
>> anyway).  They simply don't take those links because they know what
>> they'll
>> find.  And in the future, they might not find errors -- some folks have
>> already expressed an interest in allowing diff plugins that could generate
>> deltas of binary file formats that support them (such as Microsoft Word).
>>
>
> Regardless of whether or not users put up with it, it does not make sense
> to display links to functionality that doesn't work.  ViewVC should do the
> right thing and prevent users from doing  something that doesn't make sense,
> when possible.
>
>

This may or may not make any difference to you, but so you understand where
I'm coming from... I am implementing ViewVC at a large company with
thousands of Subversion users.  There are numerous different teams working
on all sorts of projects that have various odd files types.  Since this is
being used in a large enterprise setting it is important to me that ViewVC
look good and professional, show only correct links, and have convenient
ways for me to deal with numerous and changing file types.