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Bug 370871

Summary: x11-misc/xaos: binary file in gentoo-x86/
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Matt Turner <mattst88>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo Science Related Packages <sci>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: qa
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 331331    

Description Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2011-06-09 20:17:44 UTC
./x11-misc/xaos/files/xaos.png

Binary files like pngs should be distributed via distfiles. CVS (and in the
future, git) don't handle binary files well.
Comment 1 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-06-13 11:42:29 UTC
+  13 Jun 2011; Justin Lecher <jlec@gentoo.org> xaos-3.2.ebuild,
+  xaos-3.4-r1.ebuild, xaos-3.5-r1.ebuild, -files/xaos.png:
+  No binaryfiles in VCS please, #370871
+