[Python-Dev] VC 7.1 maintenance?

[Thomas Heller]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

> Another question about the VS7.1 project files: these are XML text,
> but they seem to be checked in as binary, therefore CVS won't even
> attempt merges.  Is there a reason they can't be marked as text?
> Surely the old VC 6.0 reason for this is no longer valid now it's XML?

Yes it is: MSVC only accepts them if they have \r\n line separators.

Thomas